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coal

A lump of coal smudged the Democrats’ climate bill

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Multimedia

coal plant smoke stacks

“Coal’s last gasp” could keep world from achieving climate goals

By Fiona Harvey | Climate Change

The A1 Verse: Joe Manchin’s gift of gob

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Special Topics

Joe Manchin smiling at rally

Joe Manchin listens to WV climate activists. But does he hear them?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

coal barge China

China pledged to cut emissions. It went on a coal spree instead.

By Michael Standaert | Climate Change

steel mill furnaces at work

How steelmaking may go carbon-free—by dropping its addiction to coal

By Maria Gallucci | Climate Change

Electrifying news: Coal’s 50-year reign to end by 2025

By Damian Carrington | Climate Change

peak oil demand supply fossil fuel pandemic coronavirus covid-19

However the pandemic unfolds, it’s time for oil use to peak—and society to prepare for the fallout

By Yonatan Strauch, Angela Carter, Thomas Homer-Dixon | Climate Change

The climate risks of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

By Sagatom Saha | Climate Change

Demand for coal in largest decline since end of World War II

By Jillian Ambrose | Climate Change

coal miner silhouettes lit by headlamps

With financial squeeze tightening, coal is collapsing faster than some predicted

By Fred Pearce | Analysis, Climate Change

man shoving coal into oven in India

Good news for climate change: India gets out of coal and into renewable energy

By Tim Buckley | Climate Change