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Coal power stations fired up and customers paid to cut energy use in UK cold snap

National Grid asks Drax and EDF to start warming three plants and says it will activate its live demand flexibility service on Monday evening

The Guardian - UK

Landmark deals give Indigenous key role in Canada resource projects

YQT community signs unprecedented agreement with coal company giving Indigenous leadership ‘veto’ on proposed project

The Guardian - US

The Stats Guy: How Australian coal can help Germany beat its energy crisis

In the very West of Germany lies Luetzerath. It’s an obscure and tiny settlement. Nobody ever cared about it – until recently that is.

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Environmental groups plan fresh legal action against mine as New Acland ramps up recruitment drive

Environmental groups are planning fresh legal action against the New Acland Coal mine, arguing a permit obtained by the mine is "a licence to take or interfere with water".

ABC News

Acclaimed Indian journalist slams ICICI Bank's 'silent arrogance' over failed WA coal mine

A leading Indian investigative reporter has labelled the country's biggest private bank, which is at the centre of an unfolding energy crisis in Australia, secretive and "arrogant".

ABC News

W.Va. bills pass on carbon sequestration, hydrogen hubs

Two bills that would make it easier for hydrogen hubs and underground carbon sequestration projects to come to historically coal-dependent West Virginia are headed to the desk of Republican Gov. Jim Justice

The Independent UK

Here's what we know about Greta Thunberg's alleged ‘staged’ arrest in Germany

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was arrested on Tuesday, January 17 during a sit-in protest against the expansion of a coal mine in Lützerath, Germany. A video showing Greta seeming to pose for photographers while being held by police officers garnered more than ten million views in two days and fed…

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Coalition steps up court fight over rent control and eviction ban

A Petition for Judicial Review has been submitted to the Court of Session

Insider UK

The Hebburn mum who took on British Coal over choking fumes and poisonous puddles - and won

Jennie's David and Goliath battle dominated her life for decades

Chronicle Live

WVa governor's family coal firm agrees to reclaim mines

A coal company owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has agreed to reclaim three large surface mines in southwestern Virginia to settle a lawsuit with environmental groups

The Independent UK

Mum took on British Coal and WON in battle over choking fumes and poisonous puddles

Jennie Shearan, a housewife who moved to South Tyneside with her young family in 1953, devoted incalculable hours campaigning for her local British Coal plant to stop polluting the area with emissions such as sulphur dioxide

Daily Mirror

Germany's Greens must squeeze coalition on climate after coal mine protest

Germany's Greens party can weather disapproval from its environmentalist base over its role in approving the demolition of a village to expand a coal mine if it uses that concession to accelerate other climate policies, activists and analysts say.

Reuters

Indie film is at a crossroads. And Sundance is full of ‘canaries in the coal mine’

When the Sundance Film Festival last came to Park City, it was the Before Times. Before COVID-19 drastically altered billions of lives, yes. But also before the carefully cultivated entertainment industry ecosystem of which the festival is a part was wildly upended.

Los Angeles Times

NSW to intervene in coal market to ‘even playing field’ among producers

Miners to be required to set aside up to 10% of production for domestic users, Matt Kean says

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NSW coal put aside for local market

The NSW government has expanded its reservation scheme and will order more coal producers to reserve some output for domestic power stations.

ABC News

Nucoal shareholders seek compensation after John Maitland found not guilty of misconduct

There was a huge snowball effect when a Hunter mining executive was accused of wrongdoing. He has since cleared his name and shareholders say they deserve justice.

France 24

German police deny Greta Thunberg 'staged' detainment claims

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was briefly detained then released during a protest in Germany against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine. Images of Thunberg being detained went viral, as many claim that she staged it. We tell you what journalists and local police on…

Evening Standard

Extinction Rebellion throw black paint over Michael Gove’s London office

XR said the protest is over Mr Gove’s decision to green-light a new coal mine in Cumbria

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The Independent UK

Extinction Rebellion throw black paint over Michael Gove’s office

XR said the protest is over Mr Gove’s decision to green-light a new coal mine in Cumbria.

The National (Scotland)

Michael Gove's office splattered with black paint amid protest

BLACK paint has been poured over the walls of Michael Gove's office building after protesters voiced their opposition to the UK's first new coal…

The Guardian - UK

Extinction Rebellion activists pour black paint outside Gove’s office

Protest held over levelling up secretary’s decision to approve new coalmine in Cumbria

Daily Mirror

Jamie Lee Curtis leads celebrity support for Greta Thunberg as she's detained by police

Jamie Lee Curtis is among the celebrities throwing their support behind climate activist Greta Thunberg after she was detained by police at a protest in Germany over coal mine expansion

Reuters

Climate protest not a crime, Greta Thunberg says after detention

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime.

WEKU

Greta Thunberg was detained by German police while protesting a coal mine expansion

Thunberg had traveled to Germany to join protests in the tiny village of Lützerath, which for years has been slated for demolition to make way for the expansion of a nearby open-pit coal mine.

Al Jazeera

Afghans braving severe cold face stark choice: Food or warmth

Many provinces have seen an exceptionally cold winter, with temperatures dropping to as low as -21 degrees Celcius.

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