Is coal the only way to deal with energy poverty in developing economies?
Jun 14, 2016 08:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Economy
As the world moves to combat climate change, its increasingly doubtful that coal will continue to be a viable energy source, because of its high greenhouse gas emissions. But coal played a vital role in the Industrial...
Coal and industrial relations: how miners secured workers' rights
Jun 10, 2016 02:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
Coal mining, major industrial disputes, and the coal miner himself, are iconic representations of the industrial age. Demand for coal came from expanding urban centres as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and new...
South Australia is now coal-free, and batteries could fill the energy gap
May 13, 2016 10:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
South Australias last coal-fired power station closed on Monday this week, leaving the state with only gas and wind power generators. The Northern Power Station, in Port Augusta on the northern end of the Spencer Gulf,...
River on fire: even if it's not coal seam gas we should still be concerned
May 03, 2016 07:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Astonishing footage of a river in Queensland on fire has once again stoked the coal seam gas (CSG) debate. The video shows NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham setting fire to methane seeping from the Condamine...
Black lung's back? How we became complacent with coal miners' pneumoconiosis
Apr 21, 2016 07:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The name black lung says it all. When miners inhale excessive amounts of coal dust, the fine air filtration system of the lungs sieves out the dust, which then remains permanently in the lung. These deposits can even be...
Oil in Global Economy Series: Fossil fuelled fund not to invest in fossil fuel coal
Apr 15, 2016 08:23 am UTC| Commentary
In our post named Future of oil can be seen in Present of Coal available at http://www.econotimes.com/Oil-in-Global-Economy-Series-Future-of-oil-can-be-seen-in-present-of-coal-194144 , we discussed the bleak future for...
Oil in Global Economy Series: Future of oil can be seen in present of coal
Apr 13, 2016 11:04 am UTC| Commentary
If I would have told you back in 2008, a company whose share price was trading at $1260, would go to zero in next eight years, you would have called me crazy, if I would have told you again in 2011 the same thing, when...
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