Tootfinder

So now Trump also actively supports the faster destruction of our planet. It will also worsen living conditions in the US. #coal #trump #climate

Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.

Coal shortages leave six Yakutia districts freezing as temperatures plunge to -40C: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/coal-shortages-leave-six-yakutia.html

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 #environment

Trump administration orders to keep an ageing, unneeded Michigan
coal-fired power plant online
has cost ratepayers from across the US midwest about $113m so far,
according to estimates from the plant’s operator and regulators.
Still, the US energy department last week ordered the plant to remain open for another 90 days.

Minnesota is making energy history at the Sherco Energy Hub. Xcel Energy is retiring all remaining coal plants and replacing them with massive solar arrays and battery storage systems—proving renewables can handle the heavy lifting once done by fossil fuels.
Construction starts in 2026. Plus, nearly 2,000 sheep are maintaining the solar panels through grazing.

Massive Solar Plus Storage Facility To Replace Coal And Gas, Too
Sheep graze among the panels at the Sherco Solar power plant in Minnesota, which is slated for a major solar plus storage expansion.

Analysis: since 2023, data center power demands have delayed 15 coal plants' retirements; the Trump administration has ordered two power plants to remain open (Ariel Wittenberg/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/27/a

"Global use of coal hit record high in 2024"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

"At the last #Cop climate summit in Baku, there were 1,773 coal, oil and gas lobbyists, a larger contingent than all but three countries. The group said this led to a watering down of penalties for big emitters, backtracking on international commitments to transition away from fossil fuels, and domestic challenges to carbon taxes and legislation designed to reduce emissions"

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man
who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that
there were too many prehistoric toads in it.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

How NATO military doctrine failed Ukraine on the battlefield | Responsible Statecraft
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/coalition-of-the-willing-ukraine/ (jun 2025)
Door @frietema.bsky.social uit z'n archief omhooggehaald, maar nog steeds heel belangrijk om een Achilles hiel van het Westen te zien.
Waarom?
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A hacker published 2.3M Wired user records, and claimed to have downloaded all 33M Condé Nast users' information, including email, name, phone, and usernames (DataBreaches.Net)
https://databreaches.net/2025/12/25/con…

Here we have 2 ways #HisOrangeHighness is hurting people. First, the increased cost of energy to residents in the #MISO area Second, the degraded air quality, leading to health problems (and all the costs related to that)
And yet he talks about lowering the cost of energy & supports MA…

Here we have 2 ways #HisOrangeHighness is hurting people. First, the increased cost of energy to residents in the #MISO area Second, the degraded air quality, leading to health problems (and all the costs related to that)
And yet he talks about lowering the cost of energy & supports MA…

Russia attacks coal mine in central Ukraine with nearly 500 workers underground: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/25/russia-attacks-coal-mine-in.html

Trump frequently campaigned with coal miners during his 2016 presidential run,
and has since continued to participate in photo-ops using miners as a symbolic backdrop for his energy policies while campaigning and serving in office.
However, despite the president courting the CEOs of the mining industry heavily during his campaign,
miners themselves feel neglected and left behind.
Days after the executive order, on April 11,
just before coal mines were expected t…

Coal Miners Were Poised to Win Key Safety Protections. Then Trump Showed Up.
After courting coal miners during his campaign, Trump has left a trail of broken promises.

Lions receive lump of coal; Nikola Jokić's epic Christmas triple-double; NFL Week 17 playoff implications

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/lions-p

"No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds"
#Banks #Finance #FossilFuels

No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/no-major-banks-have-yet-committed-to-stop-funding-new-oil-gas-and-co…

⚒️ Abandoned coal mine drainage identified as a significant source of carbon emissions
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-abandoned-coal-drainage-significant-source.html

Abandoned coal mine drainage identified as a significant source of carbon emissions
For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day. Burning all that coal has contributed to climate change. Additionally, unremediated mines—especially those that operated before Congress passed regulations in 1977—have leaked environmentally harmful mine drainage. But that might not be the end of their legacy.

After courting coal miners during his campaign,
Trump has left a trail of broken promises.
Many miners in Appalachia thought they would finally see a commitment to solving the issue of black lung.
Last year, on April 18, 2024, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued its final rule,
"Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection",
which aimed to reduce miners’ exposure to an airborne co…

Coal Miners Were Poised to Win Key Safety Protections. Then Trump Showed Up.
After courting coal miners during his campaign, Trump has left a trail of broken promises.

Trotz stark gesunkener Kosten für #Solarenergie plant die Türkei, bis 2030 rund 8,7 Milliarden US-Dollar in inländischen #Kohlekraftwerke zu verschwenden.
Diese Förderung liegt deutlich über den tatsächlichen

$8.7 billion coal subsidy contradicts Türkiye's renewable goals | Ember
Redirecting the $8.7 billion allocated for coal over four years to modernising the grid could enable new capacity for wind and solar investments in Türkiye.

Was wondering where the data for #Tibet was in this #China #power #climate update from Greenpeace East Asia
And then I r…

China’s power sector emissions peak within reach as new coal power approvals decline to 41.77 GW in Q1-Q3 2025: Greenpeace report - Greenpeace East Asia
Beijing — New research from Greenpeace East Asia shows that China approved 41.77 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity nationwide in the first three quarters of 2025, and if…

Coal Face
Best friends and Gippslanders Josie and Steph try to unpack what life after coal could look like in Australia...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/coal-face/

Colorado just released a roadmap for coal communities facing an uncertain future.
The state's new report shows how carbon capture, geothermal, hydrogen, and battery storage could replace lost coal jobs and tax revenue in rural areas. Wind and solar are already cost-effective, while emerging tech could create new economic opportunities.

Colorado outlines how clean energy could benefit coal communities
Emerging technologies like carbon capture and hydrogen combustion could help replace the economic activity lost after coal plants close, according to a

"China's power paradox: record renewables, continued coal"
#China #Energy #Renewables

China's power paradox: record renewables, continued coal
Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too.

Many people suggest that coal-fired power is on the rise in China. In real life, it's not anymore. Massive expansion of wind and solar capacities does eat into coal's share, whether or not new power plants come online.
https://energyandcleanair.org/china-en

China energy and emissions trends: December 2025 snapshot – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

Law lists fake critical elements "friezium" and "stralium" based on coal lawyers’ names #NorthDakota
https://northdakotamo…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Palmyra Delran:
🎵 Coal In My Fishnet Stocking
#PalmyraDelran
https://open.spotify.com/track/1CkxvFq9HD6SUMmqPk14Jb

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says (Alana Wise/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/09/nx-s1-5564746/renewable-energy-coal-electricity-first
http://www.memeorandum.com/251009/p58#a251009p58

♨️ The UK Is Transforming Coal Mines Into Geothermal Hubs
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-UK-Is-Transforming-Coal-Mines-Into-Geothermal-Hubs.html

The UK Is Transforming Coal Mines Into Geothermal Hubs
The U.K. is repurposing abandoned coal mines into geothermal heating systems, with early projects showing the technology could supply clean, low-cost heat to up to 25% of the country's homes.

The EU was not called the European Coal And Steel Community for nothing, folks.
We talk a mean human rights and democracy. But we’re still the European Coal and Steel Community.
Go Single Market, amirite?! https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/@mf_newsdigest/11550764176416580…

Coal miners with black lung fight Trump administration rollback of safety protections | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/photo-essay-coal-miners-with-black-lung-fight-trump-administration-rollback-of-safety-protections

Australia's coal heartland is getting a clean energy makeover.
Flow Power just secured financing for a massive 100MW battery in Victoria's Latrobe Valley—right where the old Hazelwood coal plant once stood. The project pairs large-scale solar and wind with storage to deliver reliable renewable power by 2028.
It's a powerful symbol of the energy transition taking root in coal country.

Flow Power reaches financial close on its first stand-alone big battery, in Victorian coal country
Australia renewables gentailer reaches financial close on its first "battery only" project – and its largest project of any sort, to date – in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

"The railroad industry is slow to adopt new things" [electrified lines].
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/how-us-freight-rail-industry-got-dirtier-than-coal-power-plants-2025-12-14…

"What are transition credits? Philippines takes novel approach to coal phase-out"
#Phillippines #Coal #FossilFuels

Could ‘transition credits’ be the key to unlocking a coal-free Asia?
This novel take on carbon credits could cure Asia's coal addiction - but critics are sceptical.

A couple of months ago Bali experienced its worst floods in more than a decade.
-- They came at the peak of the dry season.
Instead of the empty wells farmers faced last year,
this time their crops were washed away;
roads turned into brown, swirling rivers;
houses collapsed in the torrents;
and 17 people were killed.
⭐️Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country, faces a paradox.
Sometimes described as a sleeping giant, it is one of the …

Big news for the energy transition!
And a nice little 'told you so' moment for yours truly :)
In the first half of this year, renewables produced more electricity globally than coal, for the first time.
And 2025 is the date I predicted for this to happen, back in 2016, in a blog post for Ecofys! The score was 23%-40% at the time, with most of the renewables share still coming from hydro, and the prediction was less than obvious.

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
> The world generated almost a third more solar power in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2024, meeting 83% of the global increase in electricity demand. Wind power grew by just over 7%, allowing renewables to displace fossil fuels for the first time.
> China and India were largely responsible for the surge in renewables, according to the Ember report, in contrast with the US and Eur…

Mithilfe privater #Satelliten der GHGSat-Konstellation wurden erstmals weltweit #Methanemissionen aus über 3000 Öl-, Gas- und #Kohleanlagen direkt erfasst.
Besonders betroffen si…

Private satellites pinpoint methane emissions from oil, gas and coal facilities worldwide
"The countries where we measure the largest oil and gas methane emissions are Turkmenistan, the U.S., Russia, Mexico and Kazakhstan."

Australia can slash energy bills AND cut emissions—it's not either/or.
As aging coal plants need replacement, renewables with storage are now the cheapest option. Gas has become uncompetitive, and it's actually coal/gas prices driving bills up, not renewables.
The path forward: faster approvals, better competition, and switching homes to electric heat pumps and solar.

Australia doesn’t have to choose between energy affordability and emission reductions 
Emissions reduction targets are often cast as incompatible with energy affordability, the latest example being the Liberal Party dumping its net zero target. IEEFA has found that this is not the case.  

Cyberattack on Russian port operator aimed to disrupt coal, fertilizer shipments https://therecord.media/cyberattack-on-russian-port-operator

From Bill McKibben
The tsunami of tech spilling from China’s factories has changed the country’s energy landscape—and its physical one, too. For decades China’s development was synonymous with coal, which produced choking air pollution and massive carbon emissions, still greater than those of all other developed nations combined. Now, solar panels carpet deserts and the high, sunstruck plateau of Tibet, and wind turbines up to 300m tall guard coastlines and hilltops

The Crucial Years | Bill McKibben | Substack
Working on Winning the Climate Fight. Click to read The Crucial Years, by Bill McKibben, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

"South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports"
#SouthKorea #FossilFuels #Energy

The government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade, is coming in a few days,
offering 600 million tons from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming.
The sales are a signature piece of Trump’s ambitions for companies to dig more coal from federal lands and burn it for electricity.
Yet most power plants served by those mines plan to quit burning coal altogether within 10 years, an Associated Press data analysis shows.
Three other mines po…

Trump wants to mine more coal from public lands as appetite for it lags
U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade. About 600 million tons of the fuel will be auctioned from publicly owned reserves next to strip mines in Montana and Wyoming. Data analyzed by The Associated Press shows most of the power plants served by those mines plan to quit burning coal altogether within 10 years. The sales are a signature piece of President Donald Trump’s ambitions to dig and burn more coal from federal lands. The…

“Demoralizing”: How Donald Trump Undermined Coal Country – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/donald-trump-coal-country-appalachia-joe-biden-ira-grants-cuts/

South Africa's coal mines are leaking methane, and no one knows how much #SouthAfrica…

South Africa's coal mines are leaking methane, and no one knows how much
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is released from natural sources (like wetlands) and human activities (coal mining, and oil and gas production). It is also emitted by agriculture (especially livestock and rice paddies), and decomposing waste in garbage dumps.

The Govt have announced they plan to pass the Facial Recognition Technology Bill through the Dšil on the last sitting day before Christmas. They’ve also removed most of the safeguards the legislation had at earlier stages and widened the scope of use.
Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys

Dozens of coal miners and their families are protesting the Trump administration outside the Labor Department building,
arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung disease,
an incurable illness caused by inhaling coal and silica dust.
They have been waiting months for the government to enforce federal limits on silica dust,
a carcinogen that has led to a recent spike in the disease.
But mining industry groups have sued to block the rule,
and the T…

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.

How Ordos, a coal-rich northern Chinese city, has become a testing ground for self-driving trucks after turning into a ghost town due to 2012's coal price crash (Kinling Lo/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/china-ordos-ghost-city-autonomous-vehicles/

China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks
The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.

Details of the MOU as reported by CBC. Hot Take:
It's a sh_t show of oil soaked hopeium and climate defeatism.
- Shovels in Ground by 2029 *(may this be forever extended)
- Tanker Ban will be lifted if the project is approved by MPO *(Coastal First Nations setting rhetorical fire to MPO in 3-2-1)
- July 1, 2026 deadline for submission to MPO *(OIL CANADA DAY)
- 75% methane emissions cut on 2014 levels from methane by 2035 *(*shaking head* We are VERY GOOD at hitting 10 year targets *shaking head*)
- "both sides commited to net-zero by 2050” (implied via CCS) *(carbon capture and storage? should be Carney Can't Stop -- Emissions)
- industrial carbon price of $130 -- down from $170
*(Oil Industry - Very Poor)
- Alberta exempt from fed O&G emissions cap and clean electricity regulation *(Woop Coal! Let's Mine the Rockies!)
- No private proponents have been announced. *(Hear No Evil)
- No pipeline path/route has been announced. *(See No Evil)
#TMX #EndFossilFuels #ClimateSellout #ClimateEmergency #CdnPoli #CanPoli #BCPoli #ABPoli
Since multiple Ottawa CBC reporters seem utterly incapable of understanding what First Nations groups are what in BC here are some facts about the Coastal First Nations. It has existed since 2003.
https://coastalfirstnations.ca/about/
"The Great Bear Initiative Society (a non-profit society under the BC Societies Act), also known as Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN), is an alliance of First Nations on the North Pacific Coast that includes the Gitga’at, Gitxaała, Haida, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai’xais, Metlakatla, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv First Nations. " Their territories span on the mainland coast of BC from the top of Vancouver Island to the Alaska Border including Haida Gwaii.

"Coal India starts accepting bids for 20 MW floating solar plant"
#India #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Coal India starts accepting bids for 20 MW floating solar plant
Coal India Ltd. (CIL) has opened tendering for a grid-connected 20 MW floating solar photovoltaic project at Chilwa Taal, Gorakhpur, including five years of operation and maintenance.

#Australien zeigt, wie der Übergang zu 100 Prozent #ErneuerbareEnergie gelingen kann – nicht als Ideologie, sondern als ökonomische Notwendigkeit.
Trotz technischer Hürden wie #Netzstabilität

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

China has shifted the world to renewables while Trump is pushing to sell his fossil fuels
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

The White House will open 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining
while providing $625m for coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration has announced
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/trump-spending-coal-industry…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
The Gossip:
🎵 Coal To Diamonds (Live In Liverpool)
#TheGossip
https://gossip.bandcamp.com/track/coal-to-diamonds
https://open.spotify.com/track/260nMDw9xCvSAfqAdnCPCS

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Stone Coal White:
🎵 Ain’t No Sunshine
#StoneCoalWhite
https://cali-tex.bandcamp.com/track/aint-no-sunshine
https://open.spotify.com/track/3kSeZJMWzehNkQyrKpkHD0

Coal has been gone for 1 year in UK electricity generation as of end of September - I'm surprised I've not seen anything celebrating that.

"Spain has broken the ruinous link between power prices and volatile fossil fuels, something its European neighbours are desperate to do. Spain risks sliding back into costly gas reliance amid post-blackout fears. Boosting grids and batteries will help Spain break free from fossil dependency for good."
It looks like the link is only partially broken, not through planning but due to scale.
Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember
Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the electricity market.

"Renewables have now passed coal globally—and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal"
#Bhutan #Nepal #Renewables

Renewables have now passed coal globally—and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal
For the first time, renewables have toppled coal as the world's leading source of electricity, in keeping with International Energy Agency projections for this historic shift.

I've had a few of these thoughts stuck in my craw all day because I watched this liberal historian talk about the Galleanisti.
https://youtube.com/shorts/93yHEn8BYE4
Basically, she says that "of course the government had the right to target them." Then she goes on to talk about how it became an excuse to carry out a bunch of attacks on other marginalized people. Now, the Galleanisti had been bombing the houses of politicians and such. I get where she's coming from saying that one of their targets "was in the right" to try to catch them. But there's some context she's not talking about at all.
These were Italian anarchists, so they were not white and they were part of an already marginalized political group. Basically all of Europe and the US was trying to wipe out anarchists at the time. Meanwhile, the sitting president at the time showed the first movie in the White House. That movie was KKK propaganda, in which he was favorably quoted. The US was pretty solidly white supremacist in the 1920's.
Like... A major hidden whole premise of the game "Bioshock: Infinite" is that if you went back to the US in the 1920's, and you had magic powers, you would absolutely use them to kill as many cops as possible and try to destroy society. There's a lot of other stuff in there, I don't want to get distracted, but "fuck those racists," specifically referring to the US in the 1920's, was a major part of a major game.
Those Italian anarchists were also stone cutters. They carved grave stones. But the dust from that can kill you, much like black lung for coal miners. So they were dying from unsafe working conditions, regularly raising money to support dying coworkers and then carving gravestones for those same coworkers.
Now, I personally think insurrectionary anarchism is a dead end. I disagree with it as a strategy. We've seen it fail, and it failed there. But of course it makes sense that they wanted to blow up the government.
...And that's the correct way to structure that. When you say, "of course they were in the right" you're making a very clear political statement. You could easily say, "the cops in Vichy France had every right to hunt down the French Resistance." You would technically be correct, I guess. But it would really say something about your politics if you justified the actions of Nazi collaborators over those fighting against the Nazis.
And you may say, "oh, but the Nazis didn't have justification for anything. They invaded a sovereign nation, so their government wasn't legitimate anyway."
To which I would reply, "have you considered a history book about the US?"

Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far - Inside Climate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31102025/michigan-campbell-coal-plant-operation-has-cost-80-million/

"Rise in Chinese off-grid coal plants in Indonesia belies pledge to end fossil fuel support"
#Indonesia #FossilFuels #Energy

Rise in Chinese off-grid coal plants in Indonesia belies pledge to end fossil fuel support
A surge in the supply of Chinese-backed coal-fired power plants built to supply electricity to Indonesia’s fast-growing nickel mining and processing sector is undermining Beijing’s efforts to dial back support for fossil fuels, a study released Nov. 3 has found. In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly four years ago, China’s president, Xi Jinping, […]

During the #COP30 climate conference in Brazil, Australia's opposition party withdrew from the country's net-zero by 2050 target. It now sees net-zero as a potential 'welcome outcome' of using Australia's resources (coal, gas) plus new energy technologies. Reckless.

Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target
The decision brings the party closer to the Nationals, which ditched its support for the target earlier this month amid internal turmoil over the Coalition's policy.

Make no mistake, the only values the European Commission gives a single damn about are expressed in Euros and cents.
The guiding principle of the successor to the European Coal and Steel Community isn’t human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, it’s the Single Market.
How dare you even pretend to care when you are beyond silent in Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people, you despicable bunch of fancy-suited hypocrites.

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)
Attached: 1 image 🤝75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights A landmark treaty that reshaped Europe after the second World War, protecting millions of Europeans and supporting our shared values of human rights, democracy and rule of law. Because human rights aren’t optional. They’re universal.

"The 10 biggest clean energy stories of 2025"
#Energy
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/biggest-clean-energy-stories-2025

The 10 biggest clean energy stories of 2025
A so-called energy emergency led to coal plants running past their prime, batteries and EVs had a standout year, and more of this year’s top stories.

Video games finished in November - only 1: Thank goodness you're here. Once I caught on that you revisit places & people, I enjoyed seeing how their stories develop, especially Colin, Florence & Keri's stories. And Megg's husband's resignation every time he got covered in coal dust again.
#thankgoodnessyourehere

"Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time"
#Australia #Energy #Renewables

From Bill McKibben
Yesterday was one of those days when you can feel the world shifting. The thinktank Ember reported that for the first half of 2025 renewable energy produced more electricity than coal. More to the point, solar and wind grew so fast that they covered all the growth in demand for electricity so far this year, with room to spare.

In 1987, a management consultancy concluded that the Netherlands should aim for a coal economy by 2050 ('cheap and abundant'). At Ecofys, we were surprised: can't be, we'd ruin our climate.
CO₂ concentration was at 350 ppm, global temperature increase at 0.6°C.
Now, 38 years later, I read: first tipping point reached.

"Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station could close six years early"
#Australia #Queensland #FossilFuels

Die US-Regierung unter #Trump plant, die angeschlagene #Kohleindustrie mit umfangreichen Maßnahmen zu stützen.
Dazu gehören 13,1 Millionen Hektar neue #Bergbauflächen, gelockerte…

Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.

"Kenya court upholds cancellation of 1,050 MW coal plant license"
#Kenya #FossilFuels #Energy

Kenya court upholds cancellation of 1,050 MW coal plant license
Kenya’s Environment and Land Court has upheld a 2019 ruling that revoked the environmental license for the proposed 1,050-megawatt Lamu coal-fired power plant, effectively halting the controversial project. Justice Francis Njoroge dismissed an appeal from the Amu Power Company, finding the project’s environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) was inadequate and public participation deficient. The […]

The Silence of the Canaries -- We hear a lot about the canaries in the coal mine these days. (Charlie Sykes/To the Contrary)
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-silence-of-the-canaries
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p54#a251201p54

Donald Trump has placed dozens of people with ties to the fossil fuel sector in his administration,
including more than 40 who have directly worked for oil, gas or coal companies, according to a new analysis.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…

"Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time"
#Energy #Renewables #FossilFuels

Good Morning #Canada
Like many provinces, Nova Scotia has hundreds of abandoned towns because of depleted minerals, harsh living conditions, or forced relocation. But the ghost town of Broughton in Cape Breton must surely be haunted because of a suicide by one of its most important residents. Founded by the promise of coal mining, no amount of money was spared on the design of its buildings and streets. But poor management and family tragedy doomed the town, and today, only ruins remain. Oooooooo.....
Here's a delightful video on Broughton with narration that is suitable for #Halloween. Don't watch it alone...
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianGhostTowns

Western Australia just broke ground on its biggest electricity grid upgrade in over a decade. The Clean Energy Link will double transmission capacity in Perth's north, clearing the way for massive wind and solar expansion while enabling the state's coal exit by 2030.
Over 400 jobs created, completion set for 2027.

Construction kicks off on major upgrade of transmission links to host renewables and clear path for coal exit
Construction has begun on four key electricity transmission sites for the largest investment in state's electricity grid in more than a decade.

"New England says goodbye to coal as Merrimack Station powers down"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels
…

New England Says Goodbye to Coal as Merrimack Station Powers Down - Inside Climate News
After decades of operation, Merrimack Station’s closure marks the region’s final exit from coal—and the start of a new chapter in renewable energy development.

From David Suzuki
Science Matters - Small or big, new nuclear reactors are not climate solutions
Despite the efforts of industry and its supporters to convince us otherwise, coal, gas and oil are outdated, inefficient, polluting energy sources, especially compared to alternatives. Some people, including politicians, are touting nuclear power as a good alternative. Is it?
it’s far from clean, and it’s rife with problems

Activists are capturing and burning methane at an abandoned Colorado coal mine
as a “macro solution” for the climate
The methane destruction project above Paonia could be a global model for reducing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas
https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/03/pao

Activists capturing and burning methane at an abandoned Colorado coal mine as a “macro solution” for the climate
The methane destruction project above Paonia could be a global model for reducing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas

An #India-#Japan alliance could prove monumental for the #solar industry. The International Solar Festival at the #OsakaExpo…

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Gossip:
🎵 Coal To Diamonds - Hub Session 08/03/2007
#Gossip
https://open.spotify.com/track/260nMDw9xCvSAfqAdnCPCS

excellent news! Trump, Coal and Big Nuclear all failing to keep up with renewables/grid-battery
#trumpfailing #endfossilfuels #renewables #cleanenergy #nuclear
https://mstdn.social/@joeinwynnewood/115709260310850953

Trump has moved to boost production of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal.
This lawsuit is the latest legal action against the administration
amid its assault on clean energy policy and related funding and programs across the country.
The lawsuit filed in Rhode Island by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO labor organization and others
— including the public interest law center Rhode Island Center for Justice and the nonprofit Solar United Neighbors
— detailed …

Trump has moved to boost production of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal.
This lawsuit is the latest legal action against the administration
amid its assault on clean energy policy and related funding and programs across the country.
The lawsuit filed in Rhode Island by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO labor organization and others
— including the public interest law center Rhode Island Center for Justice and the nonprofit Solar United Neighbors
— detailed …

Groups sue EPA over canceled $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans
The program was affiliated with another $20 billion in green funding also terminated under Trump.

"Wisconsin coal terminal to close after 50 years as clean energy saps demand"
#US #USA #America #Energy

Wisconsin coal terminal to close after 50 years as clean energy saps demand
Midwest Energy Resources Company, a subsidiary of DTE Electric Company, will not renew its 50-year lease with Koch Industries as of June 30 next year.

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Post Coal Prom Queen:
🎵 Teleportation Blues
#PostCoalPromQueen
https://postcoalpromqueen.bandcamp.com/track/teleportation-blues
https://open.spotify.com/track/3XjRG8DZ2jjzXQJvoDt7SC

"These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump."
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?

"Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…

Western Australia just hit a major milestone: solar and wind powered 100% of demand on its isolated grid.
Battery storage made it possible, keeping the system stable while renewables did all the work. With coal plants set to retire by decade's end, the state is proving large-scale grids can run entirely on clean energy.

Solar and wind reach 100 pct of demand in biggest isolated grid, as batteries allow it to keep its thermals on
Wind and solar meet all of "net demand" in W.A., host of world's biggest isolated grid, as growing fleet of big batteries give market operator room to keep its thermals on.

AGL breaks wind energy drought with 15-year contract in South Australia, supporting decarbonisation efforts and job creation. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Australia’s wind energy drought set to be broken as AGL signs 15-year contract with South Australia project
Australia’s wind financing drought expected to be broken after the country’s biggest coal generator signs 15-year off take deal with new South Australia project.

"New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

"PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?"
#Australia #FossilFuels #Energy

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?
Have you heard offshore windfarms kill whales? (They don't.) Or that electric vehicles catch fire more often than petrol cars? (It's the opposite.) Perhaps you've heard "natural" gas is clean? (It can be worse than coal.)

"US solar set to surpass wind in 2025, overtake coal by 2028"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

US solar set to surpass wind in 2025, overtake coal by 2028
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) figures show solar developers adding 16 GW through July 2025, nearly three-quarters of new capacity, with solar and wind each near 12% of the mix versus coal’s 15%. It says forecasts see solar overtaking wind next year and coal within three years.

"Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels
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"'India coal power may peak by 2030 under clean energy targets"
#India #Energy #Renewables #FossilFuels

India coal power may peak by 2030 under clean energy targets
If India meets its 500 GW non-fossil capacity goal, its coal power generation could reach peak levels by 2030, according to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

"More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

"Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota"
#US #USA #America #Minnesota

Xcel doubles down on plan to swap coal for clean power in Minnesota
With demand rising and tax credits expiring, the utility wants to rapidly expand the batteries and solar it’s building near the shuttering Sherco coal…

"During the Last Government Shutdown, Coal Pollution Spiked"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

During the Last Government Shutdown, Coal Pollution Spiked