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News Articles: coal

A boy works in a coal mine north of Kabul. Afghanistan's state-run coal industry is going strong in an otherwise shattered economy. Many underage workers are the ones who are extracting the coal.

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  • World

In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day's work.

December 31, 2022
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By:
  • Arezou Rezvani,
  • Fazelminallah Qazizai,
  • and 1 more
The empty assembly line at the Duralex glassware factory in Orléans, France, on Nov. 15.

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  • World

Europe fears its industries will jet to the U.S. as energy costs force plant closures

Duralex glassware maker is just one company that's suspended operations over spiking energy costs after a cutoff of Russian natural gas.

November 25, 2022
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
A boat is pictured on the shallow Rhine river near Oestrich Winkel, western Germany, on Aug. 12, as the water level passed below 40 centimeters, making ship transport increasingly difficult.

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  • World

Germany's Rhine is at one of its lowest levels. That's trouble for the top EU economy

A hot, dry summer has meant the water level on the Rhine River, Western Europe's most important waterway, is at a record low, making it too shallow for many ships to pass.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
The cargo ship Razoni crosses the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug. 3. The first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since the Russian invasion was anchored at an inspection area in the Black Sea off the coast of Istanbul Wednesday morning before moving on to Lebanon.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 8)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

August 08, 2022
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  • NPR Staff

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  • Environment

Critics push for coal ash cleanup as state panel considers Georgia Power 12% rate hike

State regulators are set to vote next week on Georgia Power’s long-term plan that environmental and clean energy advocates say falls short of renewable energy goals and of responsibly closing coal-fired power plants.

July 15, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
An employee at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine travels deep into the mine.

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  • World

In eastern Ukraine's coal fields, Russia's invasion sparks hopes of a comeback

Ukraine's coal industry was in decline. Now miners find themselves in the middle of a war with Russia — and global demand for coal is rising.

July 06, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Hanna Palamarenko,
  • and 1 more
Plant Bowen in Bartow County

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  • Energy

Georgia’s coal-fired plant closings likely to go on despite Supreme Court EPA ruling

The West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency opinion was a victory for Georgia and 18 other Republican-led states as it limits Democratic President Joe Biden’s ability to pursue his climate goals. 

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Front end loaders are dwarfed by the coal field at Georgia Power's Plant Scherer.

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  • Environment

Three Georgia power plants land on list of nation’s dirtiest

The dirtiest power plants have an outsized impact: In 2020, the 10 most climate-polluting plants in Georgia were responsible for 91.5% of global warming emissions from the power sector despite only generating 56.5% of total electricity, according to the report.

June 21, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Traffic on a hazy evening in Fresno, Calif. A new study estimates that about 50,000 lives could be saved each year if the U.S. eliminated small particles of pollution that are released from the tailpipes of cars and trucks, among other sources.

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  • Climate

Eliminating fossil fuel air pollution would save about 50,000 lives, study finds

Burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels releases plumes of tiny, dangerous particles. A new study estimates that eliminating that pollution would save about 50,000 lives in the U.S. each year.

May 17, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
Smoke and steam rise from towers at the coal-fired Urumqi Thermal Power Plant as seen from a plane in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on April 21, 2021.

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  • Asia

China promotes coal in setback for efforts to cut emissions

Officials in the country face political pressure to ensure stability as President Xi Jinping prepares to try and award himself a third five-year term as ruling party leader.

April 25, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
For one day in March, wind generated electricity surpassed coal and nuclear, and became second only to natural gas.

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  • Energy

For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the U.S.

For a single day at the end of March, wind was the second-largest source of electricity generation, the Energy Information Administration says. Natural gas is still the nation's largest power source.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice gives his State of the State speech in the House Chambers in January.

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  • National

Coal-dependent West Virginia eliminates ban on nuclear power

The state's ban on nuclear plants was enacted in 1996, but nuclear power has gained support as a tool to keep climate change under control and other states are transitioning away from fossil fuels.

February 08, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Plant Scherer in Juliette

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  • Energy

State coal ash cleanup process unsettled after new federal EPA directive

Georgia’s top environmental regulator says his agency is adjusting to what he called the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “new interpretation” of an Obama-era coal ash disposal rule.

January 31, 2022
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
A bulldozer loads coal onto railway wagons at the Jharia coalfield in Dhanbad in India's Jharkhand state.

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  • World

India pledges net-zero emissions by 2070 — but also wants to expand coal mining

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told COP26 that India, the world's third-biggest carbon emitter, would go net-zero by 2070. But appetite for coal, which supplies 70% of India's power, remains high.

November 04, 2021
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday.

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  • World

The U.K. considers its 1st new coal mine in decades even as it calls to phase out coal

A town in northern England wants to open a coking coal mine to create jobs. But while hosting the U.N. climate summit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging countries to slash greenhouse gases.

November 04, 2021
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  • Frank Langfitt
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