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Students from four schools in West Virginia got to ride on an electric school bus for the first time yesterday. Mercer County may order more electric buses.

Zoom Zoom

"It’s very quiet."

West Virginia Students Ride Electric School Bus for First Time

Want another reason to loathe Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Just look at how it may completely screw up the Paris climate accords — and our planet. 

Ruh Roh

"Addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction."

UN: Ukrainian War Fossil Fuel 'Madness' Might Destroy The Planet

Crypto miners in Montana revived a dying coal-powered plant in Montana last year and the resulting spike in emissions was staggering.

Messy Mining

“I was horrified to see it all happen."

Crypto Miners Took Over an Entire Power Plant, Spiking CO2 Emissions

After fifty years of continuous burning, Turkmenistan officials are finally trying to close up a 230-feet wide fiery sinkhole in the Karakum Desert.

Burn Baby Burn

Good luck with that!

Authorities Attempting to Close Fiery "Gates of Hell"

A Pennsylvania-based holding company called Stronghold Digital Mining bought a coal waste power plant over the summer to power 1,800 mining computers.

Coal Crypto

The company is burning through 600,000 tons of coal per year.

Bitcoin Mining Company Buys Entire Coal Power Plant

Renewables produced more electricity in the U.S. than coal-fired plants in April, possibly signaling a tipping point in the transition to clean energy.

Tipping Point

"Five years ago this never would have been close to happening."

Renewables Surpass Coal in the US for the First Time

By pumping unfiltered coal dust into the atmosphere, a processing plant in the Russian town of Kiselyovsk has caused black snow to fall on the region.

Silent Hill

"You are killing yourself... and you are also killing everything around you."

Horrifying "Black Snow" Blankets Russian Towns

Fossil fuel may comprise a large part of the Texas economy, but new research shows that the state has the natural resources to ditch coal entirely.  

Ciao, Coal

"Wind and solar are easily capable of picking up the slack."

New Research: Texas Could Ditch Coal Entirely for Wind and Solar

Come January 1, all unprofitable coal mines in the European Union will be shut down. In Spain, that means 26 new closures.

Coal Tombstone

Every unprofitable coal mine will die with 2018.

Spain Shuts Down 26 Unprofitable Coal Mines

A new report finds that almost half of the coal plants in the world are losing money. In the coming years, that number will only grow.

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