Energy Top Stories

India delays anti-pollution rules for coal power plants again

Coal plants located close to populated cities will now have to meet the standards by December 2022.

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2021 | 6:29 am

Why Biden’s infrastructure plan is a green jobs plan

Biden’s infrastructure plan is projected to cost around 130,000 jobs…

Bloomberg News | April 2, 2021 | 10:12 am

How the US top coal-producing state is moving to net-zero emissions

With 16 active mines, Wyoming accounts for almost 40% of…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 1, 2021 | 6:11 am

Canada’s oil sands firms face pressure to spend on transition

While oil sands companies are being cautious with cash, Alberta…

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 5:06 am

Germany to shut down 1.5 GW of coal generation by December

Germany has promised to abandon coal by 2038 and achieve…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2021 | 3:50 am

BHP hires Barclays, Citi for US shale gas divestment — sources

The business could fetch around $10 billion, two banking sources said.

Reuters | August 31, 2017 | 2:00 am

Canadian pipeline protesters launch new battle from the water

More than a hundred environmental activists gathered last weekend to practice seaborne drills to disrupt construction on Kinder Morgan's Westridge crude oil terminal.

Reuters | August 30, 2017 | 5:16 am

US to extend ban on mining near Yellowstone national park

US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to speed up a two-year review of mining on more than 30,000 acres just north of the park.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 29, 2017 | 9:34 am

Brazil to redo Amazon mining decree after criticism

Brazil's government will revise a decree that opened up a vast mineral reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining responding to overwhelming criticism.

Reuters | August 28, 2017 | 5:08 pm

Glencore to offload second coal mine in Australia in less than three months

Decision comes as the Swiss-based miner and commodities trader rethinks how to deploy capital as its cuts debt.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 28, 2017 | 3:29 am

UK coal use drops to 135-year low

Once the engine of the Industrial Revolution rooted in the UK, coal is now less popular than ever as an electricity source.

Andrew Topf | August 27, 2017 | 5:38 pm

The next oil price spike may cripple the industry

How it is possible for the price of oil to go both up and not up, and what would that mean for the oil industry?

Oilprice.com | August 24, 2017 | 11:55 am

Trump to open parts of Utah National Monument to miners, oil firms — report

The monument, one of the 27 President Trump is taking a second look at, covers 1.3 million acres (about 5,260 square km), and it includes land considered sacred to Native Americans.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2017 | 9:55 am

China coal imports from Australia climb for second month

Chinese coal imports from key supplier Australia chalked up year-on-year gains for the second straight month in July, customs data showed, as local output of the commodity eased amid a crackdown on illegal mining and pollution.

Reuters | August 23, 2017 | 10:40 am

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