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Athena Drakou

But cars require roads.

Road infrastructure gobbles up gigantic quantities of steel cement and , indirectly, coal.

Cement works use any fuel - oil, gas, household waste. Old tyres in particular are very popular.

But on a global scale they burn mainly coal (70% of their fuel acc to the IEA, 90% acc to cement manufactures.

This is handy stuff—especially if you're thinking about buying a car! (3/3)

#transport#cars#coal
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Juggling With Eggs

‘Operators of power plants that burn #coal or #oil, linked to tens of thousands of deaths each year in the US via the mercury, arsenic and other carcinogens emitted through their air pollution, have until Monday to ask #Trump to allow them to bypass clean air laws.’

#EPA
#FossilFuels
#AirPollution

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requestsBy Oliver Milman
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today In Labor History March 27, 1904: The authorities kicked Mother Jones out of Colorado for “stirring-up” striking coal miners. Earlier in March, the authorities deported 60 striking miners from Colorado. In June, they arrested 22 in Telluride. For nearly 2 years, strikers, led by the Western Federation of Miners, were violently attacked by Pinkerton and Baldwin-Felts detectives. 33 strikers were killed. At least two scholars have said “There is no episode in American labor history in which violence was as systematically used by employers as in the Colorado labor war of 1903 and 1904.”

Image of Mother Jones, in glasses and bonnet, with the caption "If they want to hang me, let them. And on the scaffold I will shout 'Freedom for the working class.'"
#workingclass#LaborHistory#colorado
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Definitely Doc D

Over half of US states get more electricity from #cleanenergy than coal.

28 states total, including:

Oklahoma
Kansas
South Dakota

Coal is the worst #fossilfuel for environment (and public health). 20 years ago, over half of US electricity came from coal.

Once again: clean energy investment and policy helps red states, too.

#wind #solar #coal #climatechange #publichealth #airquality

canarymedia.com/articles/clean

Canary media logo in type with yellow circle period.
Canary Media · Chart: These states get more power from clean energy than coalWind and solar beats out the polluting fossil fuel in 28 states, from Arizona to Washington, bringing cheaper, cleaner electricity to communities.
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Martin Pigeon

The burning of #wood in power and heat stations, and the industrial use of #charcoal, are expanding rapidly worldwide, at the expense of forests (and therefore our future).

This is driven by a combination of renewable energy targets and subsidies, #coal phaseout policies that support wood #biomass as an alternative, the exemption of biomass from carbon taxes and pricing and, in parts of the global South, carbon-#offsetting schemes.

boell.de/en/2025/03/14/forest-

Cover of the report "From Forest to Furnace: the Impact of Wood Biomass Energy" by the H. Boell Foundation
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ABC Feeds

Coal miner Peabody to pay $500,000 for polluting Royal National Park
By Nick McLaren

Coal mine operator Peabody Energy, found guilty of two separate Metropolitan Mine pollution events in 2022, has today been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties and legal fees.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/coa

ABC News · Coal miner Peabody breached licence conditions, to pay $500,000 for Royal National Park pollutionBy Nick McLaren
#Coal#Pollution#Courts
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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯

one of many stories to think about whenever crypto bros are trying to convince you that bitcoin transaction processing ("mining") is environmentally friendly:

> "The plant burns waste coal, a lower-grade fuel left over from abandoned mining operations, to generate electricity. It uses that electricity for crypto-mining, a process where power-hungry computers generate digital currency like Bitcoin."

wesa.fm/environment-energy/202

A large pile of dirt next to trees.
WESA · Crypto mining company agrees to speed cleanup of its Pa. coal ash pileBy Reid Frazier | Allegheny Front
#uspol#Pennsylvania#papol
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Andy Gheorghiu

How does the environmental impact of mining for clean energy metals compare to mining for #coal, #oil and #gas? climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-do I know, some might ask "What???" but we need to have that serious discussion folks.
And I'm saying that as a longtime anti-#fracking/#gas/#LNG activist.

MIT Climate PortalHow does the environmental impact of mining for clean energy metals compare to mining for coal, oil and gas?Mining, whether for fossil fuels or metals used in clean energy technologies, has serious environmental impacts, and it’s hard to make apples-to-apples comparisons—except in terms of their impact on climate change, where clean energy mining is clearly better.
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