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Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab

Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers

The Independent UK

Things to know about the US Mine Safety and Health Administration and the coal industry

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal industry

The Independent UK

Voices from coal country say closures of MSHA offices will endanger mine safety

Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who survived the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster that killed 29 workers 15 years ago Saturday, calls a recommendation by the Trump administration to close three dozen offices of the Mine Safety and Health Administration across the country “idiotic.”

The Independent UK

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Mining firm withdraws plan for UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years

Move ends bid for site near Whitehaven, Cumbria after planning permission was quashed by high court

The Guardian - UK

Planning application for Cumbria coal mine dropped after legal setbacks

The Government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining withdrew its application for the site near Whitehaven.

Evening Standard

This election, what are Labor and the Coalition offering on the energy transition, climate adaptation and emissions?

Australia’s 2022 federal election was seen as the climate election. But this time round, climate policy has so far taken a back seat as the major parties focus on cost-of-living issues.

The Conversation

Dodds: No action taken over social media’s influence on Southport riots

Labour former minister Anneliese Dodds warned ‘there are many other canaries choking down the coal mine’.

Evening Standard

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Mark Cuban Blasts Elon Musk’s and Donald Trump’s DOGE Cuts of Mine Regulators, Fearing It Will Cause People to ‘Drop Dead’

Mark Cuban condemns federal budget cuts that are gutting mine safety oversight and black lung clinics, warning that coal mining communities are being abandoned to deadly conditions and economic collapse in the name of government efficiency.

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Drought in developing countries fuels spike in demand for new coal-fired power stations

IN FOCUS: An energy crisis in Zambia and Zimbabwe caused by lack of rain has led to plans for a rapid increase in coal power – most backed with money from Chinese firms. Nick Ferris reports

The Independent UK

New Coal Capacity Hit 20-year Low In 2024: Report

The world added the smallest amount of new coal capacity in two decades last year, a report said Thursday, but use of the fossil fuel is still surging in China and India.

International Business Times

Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become gas-powered data center campus

What was once Pennsylvania’s biggest coal-fired power plant is being turned into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on Big Tech's fast-growing energy demands

The Independent UK

In the event of a hung parliament, one wildcard has been largely overlooked – the Nationals

If Peter Dutton needs to court the crossbench to form minority government after the election, he would risk putting his Coalition partner offside on climate and environment policy

The Guardian - AU

Gas producers question whether Coalition’s energy plan will cut consumer prices

Industry leaders say there is little detail on how the opposition’s policy will work and it is ‘difficult to predict’ what the final price would be

The Guardian - AU

Finland ‘ahead of schedule’ on coal phase out as Helsinki’s Salmisaari plant closes

Wind power in Finland has more than doubled since 2020 to supply a quarter of the country’s energy.

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The Conversation

Under a Coalition government, the fate of Australia’s central climate policy hangs in the balance

The future of Australia’s key climate policy is uncertain after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said a Coalition government would review the measure, known as the “safeguard mechanism”, which is designed to limit emissions from Australia’s largest industrial polluters.

International Business Times

Spain Coal Mine Blast Kills Five

Five people died and four were seriously injured in a blast Monday at a coal mine in northern Spain's Asturias region, the nation's deadliest mining accident in decades.

The Guardian - AU

Five questions Peter Dutton needs to answer about his energy plans

Coalition leader is touting a ‘gas reserve’ to ease prices on the east coast, while dodging questions on key elements of nuclear power policy

The Conversation

Hosting the UN climate summit is far from ‘madness’ – here’s how Australia stands to benefit

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton would withdraw Australia’s bid to co-host next year’s global climate summit if the Coalition wins the federal election.

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The Guardian - AU

Bowen says Dutton ‘making it up as he goes’ on gas plan as experts question lack of detail

Opposition leader promises to release secret modelling within days as former ACCC chair urges Coalition to explain how they would lower prices

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?

The opposition leader’s election pitch maintains Labor has presided over a litany of price rises – but experts say some problems began on Coalition’s watch

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s gas plan unlikely to lower prices and could push up greenhouse gas emissions, experts say

Body representing the gas industry says Peter Dutton’s plan is a ‘damaging market intervention that will drive away investment’

The Guardian - UK

UK carbon emissions fell by 4% in 2024, official figures show

Less use of gas and coal in electricity supply and industry sectors drove reduction, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says

The Guardian - AU

Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds

Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimates

Euronews

Air conditioner use driving up emissions as global heating bites

Record high temperatures last year fuelled demand for air conditioning, in turn driving an increase in dirty coal-fired power generation in a dangerous feedback loop revealed by a new global survey from the International Energy Agency.

The Conversation

Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both major parties’ environmental credentials

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated a Coalition government would quickly approve a giant gas project off Western Australia which will release billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases until around 2070.

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