New study reveals the power of railroads to buffer coal plants from a carbon emissions tax
A new study by University of Maryland Economist Louis Preonas provides empirical evidence that railroads are likely to cut transportation ...
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‘Critical climate solution’ or ‘worse than coal’? Study explores debate around divisive energy technology
A new study has explored the battle lines of public debate around a controversial energy technology which is heralded as ...
The problems with coal ash start smaller than anyone thought
DURHAM, N.C. – Everyone knows that burning coal causes air pollution that is harmful to the climate and human health. ...
Hydrogen battery: Storing hydrogen in coal may help power clean energy economy
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The quest to develop hydrogen as a clean energy source that could curb our dependence on ...
New findings suggest increased monitoring needed to prevent lung disease in underground coal miners
DENVER — (MAY 5, 2023) For the past two decades, there has been a major resurgence in progressive massive fibrosis ...
Coal trains increase air pollution in San Francisco bay area
Coal trains and terminal operations add a significant amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution to urban areas, more so ...
Moving towards 3 degrees of warming – the phasing out of coal is too slow
The use of coal power is not decreasing fast enough. The Paris Agreement’s target of a maximum of 2 degrees ...
Lessons from China’s coal strategy can inform environmental cooperation
In 2021, China unilaterally announced that it would stop building new coal-fueled power plants overseas, which was lauded as an ...
Santa should phase out coal as punishment in Christmas stockings
Father Christmas has long been doling out coal to children on the 'naughty list’, but with the climate emergency in ...
Lake sediments show decades of coal ash contamination
DURHAM, N.C. -- An analysis of sediments from five North Carolina lakes near coal-burning power plants has found that coal ...
WVU engineers aim to improve safety with autonomous robotic inspection system for coal waste storage facilities
Two West Virginia University engineers are developing new technologies for coal waste storage facilities that will detect and prevent potential failures like ...
U-M study: Local renewable energy employment can fully replace U.S. coal jobs nationwide
Across the United States, local wind and solar jobs can fully replace the coal-plant jobs that will be lost as ...
Experts optimistic about converting coal plants to production of clean geothermal energy
CAMBRIDGE, MA—As the world moves away from fossil fuels in the battle against climate change, could coal plants be repurposed ...
Can they make graphite from coal? OHIO researchers start by finding new carbon solid
As the world's appetite for carbon-based materials like graphite increases, Ohio University researchers presented evidence this week for a new ...
New study shows increase in black lung disease in coal miners
April 14, 2022 – Higher levels of silica dust can be found in the lung tissue of contemporary coal miners ...
Wind, solar could replace coal power in Texas
HOUSTON – (March 21, 2022) – Texas can be a model for the nation on how to effectively replace coal ...
Sustainably sourcing coal waste
In the fight against climate change, one of the biggest challenges is addressing the potential economic and social impacts of ...
Grant to reduce, eliminate toxicity of coal mine dust
Increases in lung diseases have been related to respirable coal mine dust. Penn State has been awarded $327,849 from the ...
Coal creation mechanism uncovered
The mechanism behind one of the first stages of coal creation may not be what we thought it was, according ...
‘I’m melting, melting’ — environmentally hazardous coal waste diminished by harmless citric acid
In one of nature’s unexpected bounties, a harmless food-grade solvent has been used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals from ...
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Important additional driver of insect decline identified: Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New study definitively confirms gulf stream weakening, understanding the changes could help predict future trends in extreme events
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New findings on hair loss in men
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Abdominal fat plays important role in remission of prediabetes
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New rooms discovered in Sahura’s Pyramid