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"Caught between a fossil fuel past and a green future, China’s coal miners chart an uncertain path"
#China #FossilFuels

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (Blathnaid O'Dea/pv magazine International)
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/ireland-coal-free-ends-coal-power-generation-moneypoint/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250620/p124#a250620p124

Air pollution in Baltimore's Curtis Bay community linked to nearby coal terminal activity, wind #Baltimore

Air pollution in Baltimore's Curtis Bay community linked to nearby coal terminal activity, wind
Bulldozer activity involving coal at an open-air facility at the Port of Baltimore is closely linked to air pollutants in the adjacent neighborhood of Curtis Bay, according to a community-driven study co-led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and South Baltimore community members.

In short: EVERYONE *normally* involved in retiring power plants agreed that this one is a costly and redundant antique that is not needed for #Michigan or #Midwest power resiliency. Keeping it online is adding to Consumers Energy customers' bills, as cheaper sources are left offline to make room for th…

If I were the operator of this coal plant - one that is costing me and electrical rate payers (you and me) a $million per day I would simply throw the switch and shut it down.
Yes, a $million per day. For power that is not needed, for pollution that is not wanted. And we get to foot the bill.
I'd tell FFOTUS to stuff it up his ample behind and that if he wants it he can hire staff, buy coal, and pay for it.

#Norway is ending #coal #mining

"Turning closed coal mines into solar farms could power a country the size of Germany, report finds"
#Germany #CoalMine #SolarPower

Report reveals huge solar power potential of abandoned coal mines
“The same ground that powered the industrial era can help power the climate solutions we now urgently need,” analysts say of the 300 GW solution.

If we must grind up human flesh and bones in the industrial machine that we call modern America, then, before God, I assert that those who consume the coal and you and I who benefit from that service, because we live in comfort, we owe cutsey little corporate memphis instagram shoutouts to those men first and we owe nothing to their families if they die

Coal is linked to cancer
#CoalKills https://cleantechnica.com/2025/08/18/coal-is-linked-to-cancer-not-to-wind-power/

Coal Is Linked To Cancer, Not Wind Power - CleanTechnica
Trump, for all his bizarre false bluster, appears to be relentless in making up nonsense about wind power.

New Bamboo Plantations Are Healing Villages Choked by Toxic Ash from Coal Plants in India https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-bamboo-plantations-are-healing-villages-choked-by-toxic-ash-from-coal-plants-in-india/…

New Bamboo Plantations Are Healing Villages Choked by Toxic Ash from Coal Plants in India
India has nevertheless likely contaminated thousands of acres of marginal and arable land with "fly ash," a heavy particulate from coal.

Trump’s bid to support coal could cost ratepayers billions, report finds • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/08/17/trump-coal/

Greater Manchester Pension Fund has a rhetoric about net zero. It has increased its investments in coal.
GMPF goes for Coal! – FossilFreeGM.org.uk https://www.fossilfreegm.org.uk/index.php/2025/08/11/gmpf-goes-for-coal/

"Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found."
Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered https://insideclimatenews.org/news/050

Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered - Inside Climate News
Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found.

Decarbonizing Mongolia's Energy Sector: A Techno-Economic Analysis of Hybrid Energy Solutions
Otgonpurev Nergui, Dhammawit Paisiripas, Munkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15749

Decarbonizing Mongolia's Energy Sector: A Techno-Economic Analysis of Hybrid Energy Solutions
To achieve carbon neutrality and enhance energy security, Mongolia is exploring a transition toward hybrid energy solutions integrating small modular reactors (SMRs) and renewable energy sources. This study assesses the feasibility of a grid-connected hybrid energy system that combines coal, solar photovoltaic (PV), wind turbines, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and SMRs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy reliability.

"By 2051, emissions from coal mining on federal lands could drop by 86%"
#US #USA #America #Emissions

By 2051, emissions from coal mining on federal lands could drop by 86%
Federal lands—which make up about 640 million acres, or 28%, of U.S. soil—are used for many purposes, including conservation, recreation, and extraction of resources such as coal. Greenhouse gas emissions are released throughout the life cycle of coal use, including during its mining, transport, and combustion.

#shame

Trump offers regulatory relief for coal, iron ore and chemical industries (Matthew Daly/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-coal-epa-clean-air-exemption-mercury-7b800db8d6cf6fffbee28039f42d2daf
http://www.memeorandum.com/250717/p156#a250717p156

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
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🎵 Social Fools
#DEVO
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Some of the stuff that this guy is saying sounds like the mumbo jumbo you hear in the final act of some animes. GITS part 2 or „Stand-Alone Complex“ for example, where the bad guy is dumping exposition about the universe. You wonder what the author was smoking and can’t follow but you keep watching because of cool mecha action and explosions.
„The non-governmental system isolates you, mirrors you…“ „It lives in soft compliance delays“… yadda yadda. Your brain on ChatGPT.

I want the Micro Processor to order my Pulsar(Level 2 special operations unit) to mine coal and deposit it into the core...
I'll let you know about my progress...
So "mlog" is the "Mindustry Logic" 'language'.
mindustrygame.github.io/wiki/logic/0-introduction/
but I first started here:

Guide: Logic Basics
Logic is a mechanic introduced in Version 6.0 of Mindustry, which allows you to override the default behaviour of blocks and units through a customised block code programming language called MLog that can be edited in text editors when pasted into one. Logic is run through Processors in conjunction with accessory blocks such as the Memory Cell, Switch and Logic Display. It is recommended to have some form of prior programming experience in order to be familiar with data types. The way...

Why is the #MAGA #47 undercutting his Secretary of Health's #MAHA goals of eliminating exposure to toxins?
An emergency executive order requiring coal plants to keep running. Plants that everywhere besides #47s…

Why is the #MAGA #47 undercutting his Secretary of Health's #MAHA goals of eliminating exposure to toxins?
An emergency executive order requiring coal plants to keep running. Plants that everywhere besides #47s…

"New Bamboo Plantations Are Healing Villages Choked by Toxic Ash from Coal Plants in India"
#India #Bamboo

New Bamboo Plantations Are Healing Villages Choked by Toxic Ash from Coal Plants in India
India has nevertheless likely contaminated thousands of acres of marginal and arable land with "fly ash," a heavy particulate from coal.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/19/wildfire-smoke-far-more-dangerous-than-thought-say-scientists
The USA continuing to massively subsidize climate change acceleration via favors to coal and oil and …

EPA plans to revise coal-fired power plant wastewater rules | Utility Dive
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-coal-fired-power-plant-wastewater-effluent-elg/757529/

#Indonesien wollte bis zum Jahr 2040 komplett auf erneuerbare Energien umgestellt haben. Aber nun haben sie festgestellt, dass der Plan aufgeht. Stattdessen wollen sie schon 2035 zu 100% auf Erneuerbare setzen.

🌍 Satellite data reveal African grasslands' carbon uptake rises with rainfall, unlike forests and savannas
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-satellite-reveal-african-grasslands-carbon.html

Satellite data reveal African grasslands' carbon uptake rises with rainfall, unlike forests and savannas
Africa is a source of uncertainty in carbon cycle calculations. By some estimates, the continent's landscapes emit 2.1 billion tons more carbon dioxide than they take up each year—about equal to 1.5 times the annual emissions from coal-fired power plants. But other estimates are almost the complete opposite, suggesting that the continent's copious plant matter takes up 2.0 billion more tons of carbon dioxide per year than it releases.

Australian government badly wanted Adani's giant new coal mine in Queensland. Now it doesn't pay corporate tax.
Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent

‘This Is the End of Coal in Ireland’: Country Shuts Down Last Plant Ahead of Schedule #Ireland

‘This Is the End of Coal in Ireland’: Country Shuts Down Last Plant Ahead of Schedule
Ireland has become the sixth European country to end its use of coal with its scheduled shutdown of the Moneypoint coal-fired power plant.

Henry Clay Frick was a union buster

In 1892, he hired hundreds of Pinkerton detectives
— a private army of thugs with guns
— to quell a strike against a Pennsylvania steel mill.
Ten men were killed, dozens injured, and the situation became so inflamed that the state militia was called in to break the workers’ resistance.
Frick, who made a fortune supplying the coal derivative known as coke
to Andrew Carnegie’s steel company, where Frick later served…

At the Frick, a grand Gilded Age collection shows its intimate side
A five-year, $220-million expansions has transformed the Frick, without changing anything fundamental to the experience.

"Researchers develop satellite-based method to boost accuracy of coal plant CO₂ emission estimates"
#FossilFuels #Emissions #Climate

Researchers develop satellite-based method to boost accuracy of coal plant CO₂ emission estimates
A new satellite-based method developed by Chinese researchers improves the accuracy of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission estimates from coal-fired power plants, according to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology.

1. Data centres consume vast amounts of electricity, and industry which, in NSW, is still beholden to coal.
2. Data centres also consume significant quantities of water.
3. Carbon-neutral is an accounting trick, not an engineered greenhouse gas mitigation strategy.
4. Construction’s one of the most heavily polluting industries.
This whole thing is a greenwash.

EPA sued over rollbacks on toxic metal emission standard for coal plants | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/epa-sued-over-rollbacks-on-toxic-metal-emission-standard-for-coal-plants/

China’s ultra-high-voltage transmission reduced coal use and air pollution, improved health https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325004967 @…

"China’s coal heartland fighting for a greener future"
#China #FossilFuels #Energy

A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Framework for Siting Fusion Energy Facilities: Application and Evaluation of U.S. Coal Power Plants
Muhammad R. Abdussami, Kevin Daley, Gabrielle Hoelzle, Aditi Verma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22489

A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Framework for Siting Fusion Energy Facilities: Application and Evaluation of U.S. Coal Power Plants
This paper proposes a comprehensive methodology for siting fusion energy facilities, integrating expert judgment, geospatial data, and multi-criteria decision making tools to evaluate site suitability systematically. As a case study, we apply this framework to all currently operational coal power plant sites in the United States to examine their potential for hosting future fusion facilities at a time when these coal plants are shut down on reaching their end of life - timelines which are expec…

A loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.
https://bsky.app/profile/franzferdinand2.bsky.social/post/3lvjvdzol222m

Why would the trumpies want to put a reactor on the moon?
Wouldn't it be more in keeping with the maga-mind's "big beautiful clean coal" message to build a coal powered power plant on the moon?
That would really show the Russians and Chinese who is boss of the moon!

“A cautionary history: In 1999, the US coal industry claimed that information technology would need half the nation’s electricity by 2020, so a strong economy required far more coal-fired power stations. Such claims were spectacularly wrong but widely believed, even by top officials. Hundreds of unneeded power plants were built, hurting investors. Despite that costly lesson, similar dynamics are now unfolding again.”
- Amory
“It’s all about design.”
- Me

Trump said Mexico would pay for his wall.
He promised to put coal miners back to work.
He said he wouldn't cut Medicaid.
▶️ He's Lied to MAGA before. Why Is Epstein Different?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_dgU9bK-Tx0&si=jCh1NidGFf3umLVI

"Ireland Shuts Last Coal Plant, Becomes 15th Coal-Free Country in Europe"
#Ireland #FossilFuels #Coal

Ireland Shuts Last Coal Plant, Becomes 15th Coal-Free Country in Europe
According to Beyond Fossil Fuels, Ireland joins Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Portugal, and the UK, who have already stopped using coal.

<<Global growth of power demand last overwhelmed growth of wind and solar. Power generation grew by 4.3%, or 1,293 TWh from 29,963 to 31,256 TWh. Combined wind and solar generation grew by just half that total, 649 TWh. The gap between the two, 644 TWh, was filled by 1) nuclear and hydro generation grew by a combined 272 TWh -unreliable growth technologies. Meanwhile, 2) coal generation continued to grow, by 152 TWh.>>
- Gregor Macdonald

Not Fast Enough
Monday 7 July 2025

Trump's focus on coal and hate for renewable energy etc will cost the US dearly, China is already ahead and will improve it's position further with regard to EV's, battery technology etc

Ireland officially coal free thanks to renewables, not LNG.
*cough* #bcpoli
https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049/114749936492998044

Solar cells on cattle holding pens seems like a great idea! Probably tons of buildings and farms that would be fine with solar cells on top.
I'm no (food) scientist but I am a lot more confident that it doesn't pose a risk to the food source. But I'm less confident of growing crops under solar cells or solar cells floating on aquatic farms. Likely need significant maintenance over the years to prevent leaching and it's always hard for politicians to fix old instead of …

Les énergies renouvelables dépasseront le charbon pour devenir la première source d'électricité au monde "d'ici 2026 au plus tard" selon les nouvelles prévisions de l'Agence internationale de l'énergie.
#énergie #transitioénergétique

Poland's Clean Energy Usage Overtakes Coal For First Time - Slashdot
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/07/1524200/polands-clean-energy-usage-overtakes-coal-for-first-time

'input.voltage: 256.0' someones put an extra lump of coal on somewhere.

"Major milestone for Polish energy as renewables generated more electricity than coal for first month"
#Poland #Renewables #Energy

Polish renewables generate more electricity than coal for first month
Although coal consumption has dropped, oil and gas use has risen and Poland remains the world's fourth highest emitting economy.

This is at times more of a New York story than a Pizza story but still it is quite fun to listen to. Dan Pashman of The Sporkful talks to Patsy and Carol Grimaldi. Though I have to say my chin dropped somewhat when I understood that this legend of New York Pizza is cooked in a coal oven.
The Sporkful: Pizza Legend Patsy Grimaldi (Reheat)

Pizza Legend Patsy Grimaldi (Reheat)
Dan sits down with Patsy and his wife Carol to discuss slice folding technique, and the scourge of pineapple pizza.

Electronic conduction in copper-graphene composites with functional impurities
Kishor Nepal, Ridwan Hussein, Yahya Al-Majali, David Drabold
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20912

Electronic conduction in copper-graphene composites with functional impurities
Coal-derived graphene-like material and its addition to FCC copper are investigated using ab initio plane wave density functional theory (DFT). We explore ring disorder in the sp2 carbon, and functional impurities such as oxides (-O), and hydroxides (-OH) that are common in coal-derived graphene. The electronic density of states analysis revealed localized states near the Fermi level, with functional groups contributing predominantly to states below the Fermi level, while carbon atoms in non-he…

Ridiculous: The Trump regime will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
https://heatmap.news/sparks/interior-department-wind-solar-land-use

"Mercury Emissions Fall 70% Over the Last Four Decades Thanks to UN Treaty, Coal Phase-Out"
#UN #UnitedNations #Emissions

Mercury Emissions Fall 70% Over the Last Four Decades Thanks to UN Treaty, Coal Phase-Out
A study examining mercury concentrations in the leaves of alpine plants has revealed that humanity has reduced worldwide exposure to this most toxic of heavy metals substantially. Controlled via a UN treaty called the Minamata Convention on Mercury Emissions, mercury (Hg) enters the atmosphere through a variety of natural and anthropogenic avenues. Artisanal and small-scale […]

Compressibility of Confined Fluids from Volume Fluctuations
Jason Ogbebor, Santiago A. Flores Roman, Geordy Jomon, Gennady Y. Gor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07020

Compressibility of Confined Fluids from Volume Fluctuations
When fluids are confined in nanopores, many of their properties deviate from bulk. These include bulk modulus, or compressibility, which determines the mechanical properties of fluid-saturated porous solids. Such properties are of importance for exploration and recovery of coal-bed methane and shale gas. We developed a new molecular simulation method for calculating compressibility of confined fluids, and applied it to methane in carbon nanopores. The method is based on volume fluctuations in t…

"Trump’s push to keep coal plants running could cost consumers billions"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

Trump’s push to keep coal plants running could cost consumers billions
The DOE’s emergency stay-open orders for aging fossil-fuel plants are forcing unexpected costs onto utility customers. Additional orders would deepen the…

Ban all new fossil fuel projects for a safe future! #environment

We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International
Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on bullies like Putin and Trump.

"‘Europe is becoming a solar powerhouse’: Solar tops EU electricity as coal sinks to new low"
#Europe #SolarPower #Energy

Solar becomes EU’s largest electricity source for the first time
The Netherlands and Greece were the top solar record setters, while wind power also hit new highs in May and June.

little joe, a 19th-century canary laid to rest by his coal miner in a handcrafted wooden coffin.

Ukrainian-style oligarchic economies: how concentrated power undermines value added in production chains
Jakub Karnowski, Przemyslaw Szufel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02949 http…

Ukrainian-style oligarchic economies: how concentrated power undermines value added in production chains
Oligarchic control exerts significant distortions on economic efficiency. Ukraine exemplifies this phenomenon, where oligarchs dominate key sectors and achieve economies of scale through vertical integration of coal mines, steel mills, and power plants while controlling critical infrastructure (e.g. access to transportation networks) to stifle competition. Their Soviet-era production chain monopolization strategies, coupled with political patronage networks (including both local and national go…

"Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’"
#Google #FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’
Interior Sec. Doug Burgum told an AI conference that data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear. Ruth Porat called his comments "fantastic.”

There's an NGO in #Indonesia that has been happy to speak with me about #Japan or #WorldBank funding for #coal or

In this book, Theoharis introduces us to the people leading the movement to end poverty, including:
multiracial groups of homeless people rising up from the streets and seizing empty, federally-owned homes;
mothers on welfare shutting down entire city blocks and going toe-to-toe with some of the most powerful people in the country;
farmworkers busting modern-day slave rings and winning living wages from multinational fast-food companies; and
coal miners, veterans,…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #25For25:SoundsOfTheCentury
Gavin Higgins, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Lee Reynolds:
🎵 Cortege for a Coal Mine
#GavinHiggins #BBCSymphonyOrchestra #LeeReynolds

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #25For25:SoundsOfTheCentury
Gavin Higgins, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Lee Reynolds:
🎵 Cortege for a Coal Mine
#GavinHiggins #BBCSymphonyOrchestra #LeeReynolds

It's incredible that the Alberta Premier continues to claim a pipeline to the Northwest (Prince Rupert) is possible. Premier Eby was not there because he was in the middle of a pre-planned trip to Asia (Japan, South Korea, Malaysia). And he said today there won't be any reconsideration of another oil pipeline, "decarbonzed" or not. And Japan has no interest in heavy oil anyway.
"But Eby continued to pour cold water on other premiers' talk of building another oil pipeline across B.C. to the coast, saying there is already the taxpayer-owned Trans Mountain Pipeline, which is not being used to full capacity.
He added that the Japanese don't want heavy oil and thermal coal. And he has not altered his stance against lifting the heavy oil tanker ban on B.C.'s North Coast.”
#CanPoli #ABPoli #SKPoli #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #EndFossilFuels #Memes #StarWars

"As Wind and Solar Grow, China Ships More Coal Overseas"
#China #FossilFuels #Renewables #Energy…

As Wind and Solar Grow, China Ships More Coal Overseas

"White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

"Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #FossilFuels