Angela Merkel was dubbed Germany's "climate chancellor" for ditching nuclear power. But centuries-old villages are being bulldozed to make way for open-pit brown coal mines.

The government, led by Minister Satish Chandra Dubey, is advancing modern technologies to boost efficient coal extraction.

It was dirty and dangerous, but coal mining also cultivated pride, companionship, and art. Could communities living with green energy embrace their own forms of industrial culture?

Eastern Germany's historic mining belt could get a new lease of life thanks to plans to build the country's largest battery park at the site of Boxberg, a communist-era coal-fired power plant on ...

Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

China has pulled back its rare earths exports, which are vital to everyday technologies and American defense. But the U.S.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 26. Kyrgyzstan has extracted 752,200 tons of brown coal (lignite) from January through March 2023, which is 14.2 percent more than in 1Q2022 (658,400 tons), Trend reports ...

However, campaigners say mining will cause more problems than it might solve. “The company will be mining ‘brown coal’ — the dirtiest kind of coal there is,” said Cerilo Casicas, ...

Total coal production in Russia decreased by 7.7% in November 2023 compared to November last year, reaching 37.7 mln tons MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. Coal extractioin in Russia in January ...

Coal mining has long provided stable employment opportunities for people in some areas of Australia. ... When brown coal is heated, it releases several gases including hydrogen, ...

However, activists, including Thunberg, said that Germany should focus on renewable energy, not mining any more coal. “The science is clear: we need to keep the carbon in the ground,” Thunberg ...

Berlin — Police clashed Tuesday with climate change activists occupying a tiny town in Germany that's set to be engulfed by a large coal mine. Several hundred activists moved into the town of ...