Pennsylvania coal town - 1947
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/40141
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/40141
November 1, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Pennsylvania coal town - 1947
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/40141
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/40141
Before Carney dropped gvt goal of stopping thermal coal exports by 2030, it allowed a massive expansion of Canada’s biggest thermal coal mine to advance without environmental assessment.
Ottawa abandons thermal coal export ban as Alberta mines keep producing www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/30/n...
Ottawa abandons thermal coal export ban as Alberta mines keep producing www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/30/n...
Ottawa abandons thermal coal export ban as Alberta mines keep producing
Before Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government dropped its goal of stopping thermal coal exports by 2030, it allowed a massive expansion to Canada’s biggest thermal coal mine to advance withou...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Before Carney dropped gvt goal of stopping thermal coal exports by 2030, it allowed a massive expansion of Canada’s biggest thermal coal mine to advance without environmental assessment.
Ottawa abandons thermal coal export ban as Alberta mines keep producing www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/30/n...
Ottawa abandons thermal coal export ban as Alberta mines keep producing www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/30/n...
"loco" by coal chamber (1997)
November 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
"loco" by coal chamber (1997)
that's crazy, you're telling me the coal mogul senator that voted against solving 50% of all childhood poverty is endorsing the nazi
October 31, 2026 at 2:56 AM
that's crazy, you're telling me the coal mogul senator that voted against solving 50% of all childhood poverty is endorsing the nazi
Pit brow lasses, or coal mine surface workers, in Wigan, Lancashire, 19th century.
October 31, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Pit brow lasses, or coal mine surface workers, in Wigan, Lancashire, 19th century.
That's a coal-seam fire
November 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
That's a coal-seam fire
🤬Three injured in Russian attack on Ukrainian coal facilities
Three injured in Russian attack on Ukrainian coal facilities
Russian troops have massively attacked DTEK Energo coal-mining facilities with drones, injuring three employees and damaging industrial buildings.
www.pravda.com.ua
October 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
🤬Three injured in Russian attack on Ukrainian coal facilities
#tdih 1891 Coal Creek War labor uprising in Tenn. to protest convict leasing.
Later, Brushy Mtn. State Pen. inmates were forced to mine coal for state.
Mine mouth opened within prison walls, coal was shipped via convict-built railroad spur. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...
Later, Brushy Mtn. State Pen. inmates were forced to mine coal for state.
Mine mouth opened within prison walls, coal was shipped via convict-built railroad spur. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...
Oct. 31, 1891: Coal Creek War
A labor uprising to protest convict leasing led to the Coal Creek War.
www.zinnedproject.org
October 31, 2026 at 11:42 AM
#tdih 1891 Coal Creek War labor uprising in Tenn. to protest convict leasing.
Later, Brushy Mtn. State Pen. inmates were forced to mine coal for state.
Mine mouth opened within prison walls, coal was shipped via convict-built railroad spur. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...
Later, Brushy Mtn. State Pen. inmates were forced to mine coal for state.
Mine mouth opened within prison walls, coal was shipped via convict-built railroad spur. #TeachTruth
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...
New research shows that roughly 90 out of 184 operating, grid-connected coal plants are benefitting from and being propped up by federal intervention. That's half the nation's entire coal fleet. 🧵
October 31, 2026 at 11:51 PM
New research shows that roughly 90 out of 184 operating, grid-connected coal plants are benefitting from and being propped up by federal intervention. That's half the nation's entire coal fleet. 🧵
Ottawa cancelled its plans to phase out coal exports for electricity. That's been a boon to Alberta's coal industry, which is ramping up to have North America's largest mine.
Ottawa abandons thermal coal export ban as Alberta mines keep producing
Before Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government dropped its goal of stopping thermal coal exports by 2030, it allowed a massive expansion to Canada’s biggest thermal coal mine to advance withou...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Ottawa cancelled its plans to phase out coal exports for electricity. That's been a boon to Alberta's coal industry, which is ramping up to have North America's largest mine.
just wait until the coal lobby wins on getting on the “critical” mineral list www.westernstandard.news/news/canadas...
October 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
just wait until the coal lobby wins on getting on the “critical” mineral list www.westernstandard.news/news/canadas...
On the Coal segment…
Coal Graph
Remember that these graphs work like the one at the beginning of the thread, you take the top table, divide by the bottom table, the result is the middle table that is then graphed.
Remember that these graphs work like the one at the beginning of the thread, you take the top table, divide by the bottom table, the result is the middle table that is then graphed.
November 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
On the Coal segment…
Transphobia is a canary in the coal mine, warning of incoming fascism
November 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Transphobia is a canary in the coal mine, warning of incoming fascism
October 31, 2026 at 10:34 PM
How is it possible for Canada to be such a laggard on climate?
Talk about a return to the Stone Age.
Canada quietly ditches ban on thermal coal exports despite being founder of Powering Beyond Coal Alliance of nations.
#coal
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/29/n...
Talk about a return to the Stone Age.
Canada quietly ditches ban on thermal coal exports despite being founder of Powering Beyond Coal Alliance of nations.
#coal
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/29/n...
Canada broke promise to end thermal coal exports
The federal government quietly shelved plans to stop exporting coal to be burned in power plants, as US coal continues to stream out of Canadian ports.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 29, 2026 at 11:47 PM
How is it possible for Canada to be such a laggard on climate?
Talk about a return to the Stone Age.
Canada quietly ditches ban on thermal coal exports despite being founder of Powering Beyond Coal Alliance of nations.
#coal
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/29/n...
Talk about a return to the Stone Age.
Canada quietly ditches ban on thermal coal exports despite being founder of Powering Beyond Coal Alliance of nations.
#coal
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/29/n...
5 years ago Ottawa announced it would ban thermal coal exports by 2030. But last year as part of Carney’s government-wide review of spending, that work was formally and quietly shut down — and not publicly communicated.
Canada broke promise to end thermal coal exports
The federal government quietly shelved plans to stop exporting coal to be burned in power plants, as US coal continues to stream out of Canadian ports.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
5 years ago Ottawa announced it would ban thermal coal exports by 2030. But last year as part of Carney’s government-wide review of spending, that work was formally and quietly shut down — and not publicly communicated.
NEW: China's wind and solar exports are now equivalent to 100 coal-fired power plants.
That's 2 coal plants a week.
Except these ones are avoided.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
That's 2 coal plants a week.
Except these ones are avoided.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
October 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM
NEW: China's wind and solar exports are now equivalent to 100 coal-fired power plants.
That's 2 coal plants a week.
Except these ones are avoided.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
That's 2 coal plants a week.
Except these ones are avoided.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Canaries in the coal mine.
Iowa Farmers Union has not endorsed federal candidates for at least 14 years, but is urging farmers to vote for Josh Turek in the race for U.S. Senate, and the rest of the Democrats running to represent Iowa in Congress, Cami Koons reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/10/30/i...
Iowa Farmers Union pushes for Turek, the first federal candidate the group has endorsed in years • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa Farmers Union has not endorsed federal candidates for at least 14 years, but is urging farmers to vote for Josh Turek.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
October 31, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Canaries in the coal mine.
Big Coal exploited and surveilled West Virginian miners for decades, extracting wealth from the state and then leaving it in shambles.
Today, West Virginians see the same in Flock—and are fighting back.
Today, West Virginians see the same in Flock—and are fighting back.
What coal country can teach America about fighting Flock
From socialists to Freedom Caucus Republicans, an unlikely coalition is working to ban mass surveillance technology in deep-red West Virginia.
www.motherjones.com
November 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Big Coal exploited and surveilled West Virginian miners for decades, extracting wealth from the state and then leaving it in shambles.
Today, West Virginians see the same in Flock—and are fighting back.
Today, West Virginians see the same in Flock—and are fighting back.
What is ‘thermal coal’ :
Thermal coal, aka steam coal, is used to generate electricity/heat. It is pulverized/burned in massive boilers to produce high-pressure steam, which drives turbines connected to electrical generators.
Highly polluting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Thermal coal, aka steam coal, is used to generate electricity/heat. It is pulverized/burned in massive boilers to produce high-pressure steam, which drives turbines connected to electrical generators.
Highly polluting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ottawa quietly abandoned its promise to end thermal coal exports, auditor finds | CBC News
A report from the federal auditor general published Thursday reveals Environment and Climate Change Canada quietly gave up on its plans to end thermal coal exports years ago without notifying the publ...
www.cbc.ca
October 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
What is ‘thermal coal’ :
Thermal coal, aka steam coal, is used to generate electricity/heat. It is pulverized/burned in massive boilers to produce high-pressure steam, which drives turbines connected to electrical generators.
Highly polluting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Thermal coal, aka steam coal, is used to generate electricity/heat. It is pulverized/burned in massive boilers to produce high-pressure steam, which drives turbines connected to electrical generators.
Highly polluting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says | Coal | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says
Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says | Coal | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...