Women and children worked along side men in the coal mines in dangerous conditions with little in the way of safety equipment ... leading to the tunnels caving-ins – in some cases with the ...

With much government prodding, coal-burning utilities have cut pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides by installing equipment like the building-size scrubbers and catalytic units ...

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A recent report by British think tank Ember highlights the urgent need to stop using coal for power generation if we are to have any chance of meeting the targets set out in the Paris Agreement.

The last operating coal power plant in Britain closed this week, ending more than 140 years of coal-fired electricity and proving that major economies can wean themselves off the dirtiest fossil fuel.

Indian policy body calls for power plants to pause installing sulphur reducing gear India's top policy think tank has proposed halting the fitting of equipment to cut sulphur emissions at coal ...

The closure of Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is the end, in effect, of an industry that has played a critical role in shaping the country’s economy over three centuries. It is also ...

By distilling bituminous coal in retorts to obtain gas for illumination, or by burning it in kilns or pits, the residue left behind is called coke, which is simply coal charcoal, and is nearly ...