Role for coal 'continues to soar'
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World energy use is becoming more carbon intensive - as the popularity of coal power continues, BP says.
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State moves ahead on coal-burning suit  ASHEVILLE, N.C. - North Carolina's attorney general is pressing forward with a lawsuit that accuses the nation's largest federal utility of causing  a "public nuisance" by failing to reduce pollution from its coal-fired power plants.
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Comment is free: George Monbiot: Britain's future prosperity has been hardwired to rising use of transport fuels, without a thought for the supply drying up.
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Europe's fossil fuel use is rising, but it's not making citizens any happier, an economic report concludes.
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An increasingly vocal and potent anti-coal movement in the West includes ranchers, farmers and religious groups.
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Top coal-burning countries like the United States should start burying carbon dioxide emissions from power plants as a wider crackdown on greenhouse gases looks increasingly likely, according to a study.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s BHP Billiton the world&#39;s biggest miner, said yesterday that China is likely to be a catalyst for an extended price rise in metals.
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By TOM BREEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Although most take it for granted, West Virginia has one distinct advantage in the growing race for alternate sources of energy: water. Without an abundant supply, coal-to-liquids power plants are hard to run.
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A group backed by the coal industry and its utility allies is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change.
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Like the big oil companies, the world&#39;s mining majors are experiencing an embarrassment of riches due to very high commodity prices. BHP Billiton is in the happiest position: it is both the world&#39;s biggest miner and has a substantial oil production ...
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Safety in Polish coal mines has improved markedly since communist times but accidents still occur regularly, writes the BBC's Adam Easton.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has defended the price it has offered for Canada&#39;s Alcan, saying that the robust economic growth of China and India would see the business prosper.
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SYLVESTER, W., Virginia  - Mike Vaught sounds about as comfortable about coal mining as you'd hope a man tasked to rescue others from deep within the earth would be.
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People need to be encouraged to offset carbon emissions despite recent criticism of some schemes, say MPs.
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When China booms, so do UK mining stocks. China&#39;s insatiable appetite for commodities this year has been the main reason that mining stocks have had another good year.
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Science & environment: Kent set to get first new coal-fired power station to be built in the UK for more than 20 years
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SYDNEY: BHP Billiton sees continuing strong demand for its products despite China&#39;s attempts to slow economic growth, putting it in a strong position to increase earnings after a record US$3.51bil net profit for the June year, up from the previous year&#39;s ...