Sale of North Dakota’s Largest Coal Plant Is Almost Complete. Then Will Come the Hard Part

Water vapor streams away from the Coal Creek electric power plant at the Falkirk Mining Company in North Dakota on Jan. 9, 2010. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images A plan to sell, rather than close, the largest coal-fired power plant in North Dakota is nearly final.

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Coal and trucks pushed US ‘further off track’ for climate targets in 2021

US emissions surged by 6.2% last year, boosted by a renewed reliance on coal power amid soaring natural gas prices, according to the Rhodium Group.

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Why Cop26 coal power pledges don’t go far enough – visualised

The majority of coal-fired power is not being phased out quickly enough to meet climate goals and avoid catastrophic global heating, despite new pledges made at Cop26.

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Coal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive’ Environmental Catastrophe

HAROLD, Ky.—Along the winding, two lane road that leads to Tracy Neece’s mountain, there’s no hint of the huge scars in the hills beyond the oaks and the pines. Green forests cover steep slopes on each side of the road, which turns from blacktop to dusty gravel. Modest homes are nestled into the bottomlands along […]

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John Kerry: US supports a coal phaseout but cannot commit

John Kerry is the first United States special presidential envoy for climate, appointed under the Biden administration in January 2021. He spoke to Euractiv’s energy and environment editor, Frédéric Simon.

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Tagebau Jänschwalde ist rechtlich ein "Schwarzbau"

Der Braunkohletagebau Jänschwalde in Brandenburg wird illegal betrieben, sagen Umweltverbände. (Foto: Sandra Kirchner) Wasser ist knapp im Osten Brandenburgs, für normale Leute jedenfalls. Etwa 170.

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Addict au charbon, l’Inde suffoque mais gâche la COP

Alors même que sa capitale est plongée dans un brouillard toxique, l’Inde a mené la charge pour affaiblir les engagements contre le charbon lors du sommet de la COP26, privilégiant, selon les experts, sa croissance économique au détriment de l’avenir de la planète.

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South Africa $8.5bn finance package offers a model for ending reliance on coal

The nation is at the heart of a string of announcements in Glasgow, UK to support developing countries in ditching the most polluting fossil fuel. After months of high-level political negotiations, France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU announced an $8.

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