June 2, 2014

Obama unveils historical attempt to curb coal power plants emissions

The controversial regulation, which some lawmakers already are trying to block, is one of the most sweeping efforts to tackle global warming by this or any other administration.

June 2, 2014

Coal versus poverty in Kosovo tests world bank clean-air pledge

The smokestacks at Kosovo’s oldest power station tower over decaying buildings and a tangle of rusty pipes, polluting the Balkan countryside and posing the first test of the World Bank’s…

June 1, 2014

Vancouver needs the resource sector to pay for expensive commitments: NDP Premier Dan Miller

The BC NDP urban and rural divide.

June 1, 2014

How miners buy into technology

Cultural acceptance.

May 30, 2014

Mongolia mining reforms seek $1bn in coal, shale investments

The revisions to the country's mining law would increase the area available to exploration to 20%t from around 8%.

May 29, 2014

Fight to oust Cliffs board just got real ugly

Casablanca: litigation possible after iron ore miner's board issue "explicit threat to shareholders: vote for the incumbent board or destroy the company".

May 29, 2014

EPA’s new carbon regulations could cut coal emissions by 30%

US President Barack Obama is expected to announce next week the first imposed limits on power plant emissions in the country's history.

May 29, 2014

Major new coal projects unlikely to be profitable: Goldman Sachs

The bank analysts say the window for profitable investment in new thermal coal mining and infrastructure capacity “has closed.”

May 29, 2014

INFOGRAPHIC: 2014 Forbes billionaire facts and figures

Check out today's infographic on the new Visual Capitalist website.

May 28, 2014

The Social License. Why it’s so hard to obtain?

The Social License is the tacit approval that a community gives to a development project and is dependent on many tangible elements and other that aren’t quite tangible.