Turning closed coalmines into solar energy plants ‘could add 300GW of renewables by 2030’, finds @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Story by @damiengayle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Story by @damiengayle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Turning coalmines into solar energy plants ‘could add 300GW of renewables by 2030’
Solar panels on defunct surface mines could put land to productive use for renewable generation, report says
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Turning closed coalmines into solar energy plants ‘could add 300GW of renewables by 2030’, finds @globalenergymon.bsky.social
Story by @damiengayle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Story by @damiengayle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Canaries in the coalmines, even
January 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Canaries in the coalmines, even
Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’
Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’
Report says proven technology could benefit thousands in poor quality housing and help UK meet carbon reduction targets
Flooded disused coalmines could be a significant source of energy and provide cheap heat to thousands of homes, a new report argues.
Mine water geothermal heat (MWGH) systems use the water in flooded coalmines, which is warmed by natural processes, to supply low-carbon heat. Heat exchangers and pumps recover the heat, which is distributed via district heating networks to homes and buildings, providing low-cost, long-term, stable energy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’
Two completely unrelated headlines...... 🧐
December 19, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Two completely unrelated headlines...... 🧐
After a week off, I'm back in the coalmines (drawing King Kong and Godzilla fighting for children)
February 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
After a week off, I'm back in the coalmines (drawing King Kong and Godzilla fighting for children)
Hello Wild Walk #writers
Today I actually managed to get close enough to take a picture of a chaffinch!
#Finch
Use the image to inspire your writing, then post using the hashtag #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub #bird
#chaffinch
Today I actually managed to get close enough to take a picture of a chaffinch!
#Finch
Use the image to inspire your writing, then post using the hashtag #WildWalkPrompt
#prompt #writesky #blueskypoets #writingprompt #nature #5amwritersclub #bird
#chaffinch
August 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
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Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Nazis Burned Trans Books To Usher In Fascism: Now Trump Does The Same
Transgender people have often been a canary in the coalmines of Democracy.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
"Abandoned coalmines and oil and gas wells are now one of the biggest sources of the powerful greenhouse gas methane" - what a wonderful world it would be if big business was forced to clean up its own filth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Abandoned infrastructure one of the biggest polluters in the world – report
Emissions from abandoned coalmines, oil and gas wells globally are larger than any single country except China, the US and Russia
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"Abandoned coalmines and oil and gas wells are now one of the biggest sources of the powerful greenhouse gas methane" - what a wonderful world it would be if big business was forced to clean up its own filth.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
denial beards: canaries in the coalmines of gender?
Just remembered how the first step in my transition was shaving off my sideburns
April 22, 2024 at 8:22 PM
denial beards: canaries in the coalmines of gender?
“Experts say camels comfortably beat the heat up to 40C…(but) in many parts of the Sahara, summer temperatures now frequently exceed 50C… (and) the unprecedented intensity of current heatwaves directly threatens their vital functions, turning this historically resilient animal into a climate victim”
Africa's camels are dying from extreme heat as temperatures soar
Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.
www.bbc.com
August 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
#OtD 8 Aug 1927 the @IWW union attempted a national general strike against the executions of anarchist workers Sacco and Vanzetti. It was particularly strong in Colorado coalmines, where the stoppage lasted for two days stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...
August 8, 2026 at 8:40 PM
#OtD 8 Aug 1927 the @IWW union attempted a national general strike against the executions of anarchist workers Sacco and Vanzetti. It was particularly strong in Colorado coalmines, where the stoppage lasted for two days stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...
vapes in coalmines new name of my band
Queensland mining health regulator issues warning over vapes in coalmines
Mining safety regulator warns against 'unprecedented' vapes in mines
Resources Safety and Health Queensland is investigating an unprecedented number of reports of contraband being brought into coalmines.
www.abc.net.au
September 11, 2026 at 2:27 AM
vapes in coalmines new name of my band
‘Wake-up call’: methane emissions from Australian coalmines more than double official estimates, report finds
‘Wake-up call’: methane emissions from Australian coalmines more than double official estimates, report finds
International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts say
Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from Australian coalmines are more than double official government estimates reported to the UN, according to a new International Energy Agency report.
Climate and energy analysts said the report had again highlighted an “enormous gap” in the country’s reported methane emissions from coalmines and should serve as a wake-up call. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2026 at 5:32 AM
‘Wake-up call’: methane emissions from Australian coalmines more than double official estimates, report finds
I just realized she’s named canary because her grandpa be in the coalmines
March 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I just realized she’s named canary because her grandpa be in the coalmines
In today's society, Transfolk, LGTBQ Sex Workers and the Marginalized are **always** the canaries in the coalmines.
If they're miserable, your experience will be worse than what it needs to be.
If they're miserable, your experience will be worse than what it needs to be.
November 10, 2024 at 5:35 PM
In today's society, Transfolk, LGTBQ Sex Workers and the Marginalized are **always** the canaries in the coalmines.
If they're miserable, your experience will be worse than what it needs to be.
If they're miserable, your experience will be worse than what it needs to be.
“Australian government data released this week shows emissions from Australian coalmines increased last financial year. About 80% of the coalmines pumped more into the atmosphere than their government-imposed limit.” #auspol
April 21, 2026 at 8:08 PM
“Australian government data released this week shows emissions from Australian coalmines increased last financial year. About 80% of the coalmines pumped more into the atmosphere than their government-imposed limit.” #auspol
Thoughts and prayers BHP.
Especially after you've profited from our country's resources virtually free of charge for decades!
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BHP blames ‘coal tax’ for job layoffs. But there’s obvious reasons coalmines aren’t as profitable anymore
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Especially after you've profited from our country's resources virtually free of charge for decades!
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BHP blames ‘coal tax’ for job layoffs. But there’s obvious reasons coalmines aren’t as profitable anymore
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
BHP blames ‘coal tax’ for job layoffs. But there’s obvious reasons coalmines aren’t as profitable anymore
Rising wages and costs of having to dig deeper for minerals – not royalty payments – are behind job cuts in a sector that appears to be in decline
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Thoughts and prayers BHP.
Especially after you've profited from our country's resources virtually free of charge for decades!
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BHP blames ‘coal tax’ for job layoffs. But there’s obvious reasons coalmines aren’t as profitable anymore
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Especially after you've profited from our country's resources virtually free of charge for decades!
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BHP blames ‘coal tax’ for job layoffs. But there’s obvious reasons coalmines aren’t as profitable anymore
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
IEA reports says methane emissions from Australian coalmines are more than double federal government estimates
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Wake-up call’: methane emissions from Australian coalmines more than double official estimates, report finds
International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts say
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2026 at 9:24 AM
IEA reports says methane emissions from Australian coalmines are more than double federal government estimates
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trans women, abortions, immigrants: canaries in our cultural coalmines
rejserin.medium.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
rejserin.medium.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Trans women, abortions, immigrants: canaries in our cultural coalmines
There has never been a golden age where rights were perfectly equitable, and where women were on parity with men. Indeed, history shows…
rejserin.medium.com
May 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Trans women, abortions, immigrants: canaries in our cultural coalmines
rejserin.medium.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
rejserin.medium.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
#OtD 8 Aug 1927 the @IWW union attempted a national general strike against the executions of anarchist workers Sacco and Vanzetti. It was particularly strong in Colorado coalmines, where the stoppage lasted for two days stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...
August 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 8 Aug 1927 the @IWW union attempted a national general strike against the executions of anarchist workers Sacco and Vanzetti. It was particularly strong in Colorado coalmines, where the stoppage lasted for two days stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1077...
February 12, 2026 at 5:57 AM
So taking canaries into coalmines is acceptable, but shoving pigeons into a cavity wall isn't. Putting birds in holes. It's more complicated than you'd think.
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So taking canaries into coalmines is acceptable, but shoving pigeons into a cavity wall isn't. Putting birds in holes. It's more complicated than you'd think.
Same people that are OK with kids working in coalmines, I imagine
April 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Same people that are OK with kids working in coalmines, I imagine
‘We’re gobsmacked’: climate groups angered by Labor’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim - by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We’re gobsmacked’: climate groups angered by Labor’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim
Campaigners say Queensland mine given go-ahead this week is a new development, not an extension of an existing mine
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:37 AM
‘We’re gobsmacked’: climate groups angered by Labor’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim - by @readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As we remember Aberfan, we are reminded that Wales’ coalmining communities still live in fear of another disaster.
While Reform are calling for the reopening of Wales’ coalmines, they couldn’t even be bothered to show up for this debate on the safety of our coalmining communities.
While Reform are calling for the reopening of Wales’ coalmines, they couldn’t even be bothered to show up for this debate on the safety of our coalmining communities.
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As we remember Aberfan, we are reminded that Wales’ coalmining communities still live in fear of another disaster.
While Reform are calling for the reopening of Wales’ coalmines, they couldn’t even be bothered to show up for this debate on the safety of our coalmining communities.
While Reform are calling for the reopening of Wales’ coalmines, they couldn’t even be bothered to show up for this debate on the safety of our coalmining communities.