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U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Bounced Back Sharply in 2021
WASHINGTON — America’s greenhouse gas emissions from energy and industry rose 6.2 percent in 2021 as the economy began recovering…
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Politics
Manchin’s Choice on Build Back Better: Mine Workers or Mine Owners
WASHINGTON — For years, burly men in camouflage hunting jackets have been a constant presence in the Capitol Hill office…
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Business
Coming Soon to This Coal County: Solar, in a Big Way
MARTIN COUNTY, Ky. — For a mountain that’s had its top blown off, the old Martiki coal mine is looking…
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Business
The Achilles’ Heel of Biden’s Climate Plan? Coal Miners.
For years, environmentalists have sought compromises with labor unions in industries reliant on fossil fuels, aware that one of the…
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World
A Mine Disaster in Russia Highlights Safety Shortfalls in Rush to Dig Coal
MOSCOW — In the days before his death in a mine explosion in Russia’s coal-rich Kuzbass region, Boris Piyalkin lamented…
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World
Will Germany’s ‘Debt Brake’ Stop Its Green Ambitions?
BERLIN — In the middle of Germany’s election campaign, almost 200 people died in extreme floods in Germany. Four months…
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Business
Climate Promises Made in Glasgow Now Rest With a Handful of Powerful Leaders
GLASGOW — After two weeks of lofty speeches and bitter negotiations among nearly 200 nations, the question of whether the…
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Business
Glasgow Climate Talks Are Down to the Wire on Money, Ambition and Fossil Fuels
GLASGOW — The international climate talks went into overtime Friday evening, as negotiators wrestled behind closed doors over several sticking…
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Business
5 Takeaways from the First Days of the Climate Summit
GLASGOW — Presidents and prime ministers have left town. Now the hard work starts, with diplomats hunkering in a cavernous…
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Business
5 Takeaways from the First Days of the Climate Summit
GLASGOW — Presidents and prime ministers have left town. Now the hard work starts, with diplomats hunkering in a cavernous…
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