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The number of coal trucks suggest strains on China's energy supply that are equal to those on its transport systemIt is not easy to wake a coal truck driver at 2am, but I had to do it at least twenty times last night to get...

The church has joined a coalition of groups opposing plans to construct a plant at Hunterston on the west coast of ScotlandThe Church of Scotland claims a new coal-fired power station planned in Ayrshire could seriously jeopardise...

The idea that we are "watering down" our commitment is simply incorrect (Dirtiest coal power plants win reprieve, 16 August): this government has committed to introducing an emissions performance standard...

Exclusive: Government's decision to put pollution standards 'on hold' raises possibility of dirtiest coal plants going aheadThe coalition is watering down a commitment to tough new environmental emissions standards, raising...

Who needs to drill more holes to get more natural gas when you can just “grow” it in existing ones? Luca Technologies, a Colorado-based startup, has devised a way to generate and extract more natural gas from...

The discussion about our energy supply is full of extremely optimistic expectations. There are many people who believe that full replacement of fossil with renewable energy sources in an extremely short time span is possible....

This is another post in Heading Out's tech talk series.

A few days after my post on The Chinese Coal Monster was published I received an email from Jean Laherrere with the following charts and some comments:

Increasingly affluent and energy-hungry nation reflects the dramatic increase in the wattage of China's economyDeclarations of love do not get much more highly charged than the one Zhao Xiuxia received from her husband recently...

Development would affect a legally protected site in western Scotland that provides a rare refuge for wading birds, otters and insectsA company called Ayrshire Power wants to build a new coal-fired power station on mud flats...

Steve Mohr is a young man who recently received his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle in Australia. His Ph. D. thesis is titled Projection of World Fossil Fuel Production with Supply and Demand...

UN's Clean Development Mechanism to use European carbon offset credits to subsidise 20 'efficient' coal plants in India and ChinaThe UN is set to channel billions of pounds of public money from rich countries to giant energy...

Clean Development Mechanism to use European carbon offset credits to subsidise 20 'efficient' coal plants in India and ChinaThe UN is set to pay billions of pounds of public money to giant energy companies to build 20 heavily...

China set to consume 50% of global coal production this year Production and consumption roughly in balance Coal imports used for stock pile growth? Consumption growing >10% year on year in line with economic growth Rest...

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published their quarterly Energy Trends document last week. It covers up to the first quarter 2010. The key points: Total energy production in Q1 2010 was 6.5% lower...