Coal articles
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Biden's EPA regs threaten coal, natural gas and the power grid
The Biden administration’s EPA has released new carbon emission rules that will force the country’s remaining coal-fired power plants to close, make it more difficult for future natural gas power plants to operate and put even more of a strain on the nation’s energy grid. The new regulation requires coal plants to reduce greenhouse gas
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G7 nations commit to phasing out coal by 2035 but give Japan some flexibility
Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations committed Tuesday to phase out coal power by 2035, marking the first time the G7 has explicitly referenced a phase-out, but left flexibility for countries heavily reliant on coal. The final communique of the meeting in the Italian
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G7 agree to end use of unabated coal power plants by 2035
Agreement gives leeway to countries heavily reliant on coal and allows power plants fitted with carbon-capture technologyMinisters from the G7 countries agreed on Tuesday to end the use of unabated coal power plants by 2035 – but left the door open for those heavily reliant on coal to breach the deadline.After two days of talks in Turin, Italy, they published a pledge to “phase out existing unabated coal power generation in our energy systems during the first half of 2030s” to curb the rise in...