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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day nine</p><p>Not the Opposition leader making apologies for asking Canberra to go back to the Office to work, Not the, “I’m going to “sack the Public servants who do the Education👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 and Health things ⚕️🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️” (cite), but this from the Opposition Treasurer. ☢️🛢️</p><p>“Well done Angus”.</p><p>In an interview with ABC News Breakfast host James Glenday:</p><p>TAYLOR “We absolutely not backing down on that, I can assure you, James and we’re not backing down to making sure we drive down prices of electricity.”</p><p>GLENDAY asks how exactly the Coalition will pay for it?</p><p>TAYLOR “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> ☢️ is through to 2050, and it’s substantially lower than the cost of Labor’s policies.”</p><p>GLENDAY “It’s hundreds of billions of dollars no matter which way you twist it.”</p><p>TAYLOR “Well that’s the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EnergySystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergySystem</span></a>. The energy system much of which is paid for by a combination of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StateGovernments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateGovernments</span></a>. The piece we will <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a>, of course, is the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearGenerators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearGenerators</span></a> which will deliver a return and that’s how we have modelled it, James.”</p><p>Well done Angus, now show me the costings?</p><p>With no plan, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> make themselves open to critical analysis and thus reverse their decisions when deficiencies are pointed out. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> VS <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chaos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WindPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindPower</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gas</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a#block-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a#block-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a</span></a>&gt;</p>
Dragofix<p>Mining firm withdraws plan for UK’s first deep coalmine in 30 years <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/mining-firm-withdraws-plan-for-uks-first-deep-coalmine-in-30-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/04/mining-firm-withdraws-plan-for-uks-first-deep-coalmine-in-30-years</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuel</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History April 5, 1989: The United Mine Workers launched their strike against Pittston Coal Co., eventually winning concessions by Pittston on February 20, 1990. The strike started in response to Pittston’s termination of health care for widows, retirees and disabled veteran miners. During the strike, there were 2,000 miners camped out daily at Camp Solidarity, and up to 40,000 total engaging in wild cat strikes, civil disobedience, picketing, occupations and sabotage. The strike reduced Pittston’s production by two-thirds, while over 4,000 strikers were arrested during the strike.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pittston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pittston</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildcat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sabotage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History April 5, 2010: Twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. In 2015, Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of a misdemeanor for conspiring to willfully violate safety standards and was sentenced to one year in prison. He was found not guilty of charges of securities fraud and making false statements. Investigators also found that the U.S. Department of Labor and its Mine Safety and Health Administration were guilty of failing to act decisively, even after Massey was issued 515 citations for safety violations at the Upper Big Branch mine in 2009, prior to the deadly explosion. </p><p>So, the U.S. Dept of Labor, back when the U.S. staffed and funded its regulatory agencies, allowed a murderous boss to get away with 515 safety violations, resulting in the deaths of 29 miners, without any consequences for its bosses. And the courts gave the murderous CEO of Massey Energy a year in a Country Club prison for those same 29 worker deaths. But they’re gonna try Luigi Mangione for first-degree murder and seek the death penalty because he supposedly killed a murderous white-collar crook?</p><p>As they say, there is no Justice for the working-class; but there’s plenty of “Just Us” for the wealthy, as in court rulings just for them; subsidies and tax right-offs just for them; elite clubs and resorts just for them; and the right, just for them, to kill their workers and consumers in the pursuit of profits.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/explosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>explosion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacedeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplacedeaths</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>westvirginia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplacesafety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workersafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workersafety</span></a></p>
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Canada says its friendship with the US is ‘over.’ Now what? <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/05/canada-us-friendship-trade-tariffs-trump-00273255?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/05/canada-us-friendship-trade-tariffs-trump-00273255?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/globaleconomy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Globaleconomy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/negotiations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Negotiations</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/cooperation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cooperation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/socialmedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/industry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Industry</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/borders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Borders</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/imports" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Imports</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/tradeuk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradeUK</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/steel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/trade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trade</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/trade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trade</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/coal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coal</a>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Keep the coal in the hole</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/mining-firm-withdraws-plan-for-uks-first-deep-coalmine-in-30-years" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/04/mining-firm-withdraws-plan-for-uks-first-deep-coalmine-in-30-years</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whitehaven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whitehaven</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Dragofix<p>Finland Shuts Down Its Last Utility-Scale Coal Plant <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/finland-coal-plant-closing.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ecowatch.com/finland-coal-plan</span><span class="invisible">t-closing.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/enviornment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enviornment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuel</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a></p>
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Trump administration will head to London energy summit … and into a row <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-uk-summit-on-the-future-of-energy-security/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-uk-summit-on-the-future-of-energy-security/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/energyandclimateuk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyandClimateUK</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/energyandclimate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyandClimate</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/energysecurity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energysecurity</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/infrastructure" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/climatechange" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climatechange</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/fossilfuels" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fossilfuels</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/department" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Department</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/investment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Investment</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/naturalgas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Naturalgas</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/companies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Companies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/industry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Industry</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/shipping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shipping</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/exports" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exports</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/energy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/policy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Policy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/trade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trade</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/asia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/coal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coal</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/gas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gas</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/oil" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oil</a>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History April 3, 1891: Deputized members of the National Guard fired on immigrant strikers in the Morewood massacre, in Pennsylvania. They killed at least ten workers and injured dozens more. The workers were organized with the new United Mine Workers, and were fighting Henry Clay Frick, the same industrialist responsible for the massacre at Homestead the following year, and the man who anarchist Alexander Berkman attempted to assassinate, also in 1892.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massacre</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alexanderberkman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alexanderberkman</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HenryClayFrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HenryClayFrick</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/umw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>umw</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nationalguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalguard</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a></p>
Johan Empa<p>Global coal capacity is 2143 GW. There was 25 GW of retirements last year, which sounds like it will take forever to close down all coal plants. </p><p>However renewables grew with 585 GW last year. That's a lot. I'm hopeful nearly all coal plants will shut down quickly when renewables reach a critical mass. It could happen any decade now.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/global-coal-power-capacity-inches-up-2024-data-shows-2025-04-03/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/energy/gl</span><span class="invisible">obal-coal-power-capacity-inches-up-2024-data-shows-2025-04-03/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Gee, I wonder how this will go...</p><p>Dirtiest US Coal-Fired Power Plant Applies for EPA Exemption<br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-02/dirtiest-us-coal-fired-power-plant-applies-for-epa-s-exemption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04-02/dirtiest-us-coal-fired-power-plant-applies-for-epa-s-exemption</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TrumpLovesPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLovesPollution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirtyAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyAir</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History April 2, 1840: Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist was born. He was also a liberal activist, playing a significant role in the political liberalization of France, and in the exoneration of Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish army officer falsely convicted and imprisoned on trumped up, antisemitic charges of espionage. He was also a significant influence on mid-20th century journalist-authors, like Thom Wolfe, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer and Joan Didion. Wolfe said that his goal in writing fiction was to document contemporary society in the tradition of Steinbeck, Dickens, and Zola.</p><p>Zola wrote dozens of novels, but his most famous, Germinal, about a violently repressed coalminers’ strike, is one of the greatest books ever written about working class rebellion. It had a huge influence on future radicals, especially anarchists. Some anarchists named their children Germinal. Rudolf Rocker had a Yiddish-language anarchist journal in London called Germinal, in the 1910s. There were also anarchist papers called Germinal in Mexico and Brazil in the 1910s.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/zola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zola</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/germinal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germinal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dreyfus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dreyfus</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Finland Ending Use of Coal as Last Utility-Scale Plant Shuts Down <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/884820/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/884820/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biomass</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HeatPump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Helen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Helsinki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helsinki</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SalmisaariPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalmisaariPowerPlant</span></a></p>
Ben Fulton<p>Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge </p><p>"The facility long entrusted with the protection of workers is among 34 centers in the United States that are expected to be shuttered in sweeping cuts to the federal agency that have not been felt in years.</p><p>In an ongoing effort to slash spending, the Department of Government Efficiency has targeted the mining agency in a move that surprised local inspectors"</p><p><a href="https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2025/03/30/coal-mine-safety-doge-trump-spending-cuts-federal/stories/202503280062" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">post-gazette.com/business/powe</span><span class="invisible">rsource/2025/03/30/coal-mine-safety-doge-trump-spending-cuts-federal/stories/202503280062</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/Pittsburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pittsburgh</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://hoosier.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>How Finland has replaced coal power with wind in less than 10 years.</p><p>Power utility company Helen officially decommissioned its Salmisaari plant in Helsinki on 1 April, dropping coal to a less than 1% share of the country’s energy mix.</p><p>The closure of a coal power plant in Finland today brings the country to the brink of a full coal phase-out - four years ahead of schedule.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250401-how-finland-has-replaced-coal-power-with-wind-in-less-than-10-years?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250401</span><span class="invisible">-how-finland-has-replaced-coal-power-with-wind-in-less-than-10-years?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Helsinki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helsinki</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Salmisaari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salmisaari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WindPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EnergyMix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyMix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"The closure of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> power plant in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> today brings the country to the brink of a full coal phase-out - four years ahead of schedule.</p><p>Alongside reducing emissions and increasing energy independence, it says the switch is also helping it to cut customers' electricity bills.</p><p>A surge in wind energy and government policy changes have led to a collapse of coal power in Finland in recent years."</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/</span><span class="invisible">finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes</span></a></p>
Sune Auken<p>Træk af en bæredygtig udvikling, jeg godt kan leve med:</p><p>Hurtig udfasning af kul. Gerne foran tidsplanen.</p><p>Og det er i øvrigt heller ikke helt ringe rent sikkerhedspolitisk.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DkFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DkFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateEmegerncy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmegerncy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SustainableDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/114261760044281293" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eupolicy.social/@Akshay/114261</span><span class="invisible">760044281293</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>Finland phases out coal, ahead of schedule:</p><p>“Imported fossil energy has been replaced with cleaner solutions that reduce climate emissions, while consumers benefit from lower energy prices”</p><p>“As Finland previously relied primarily on coal imported from Russia, the phase-out has also boosted Finland’s energy independence and, therefore, national security.”</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/</span><span class="invisible">finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wind</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Suomi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suomi</span></a></p>
Nemo_bis 🌈<p>"Finland's [almost] last active <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>-fired power and heat plant shuts down"</p><p>«Environmental campaigners Beyond Fossil Fuels pointed out that Finland's coal exit was "near total", with two small plants elsewhere in <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> still using some coal in their output and a third coal plant remaining in strategic use for emergencies or consumption peaks.»</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/finlands-last-active-coal-fired-power-heat-plant-shuts-down-2025-04-01/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/energy/fi</span><span class="invisible">nlands-last-active-coal-fired-power-heat-plant-shuts-down-2025-04-01/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Heatpumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heatpumps</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Helsinki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helsinki</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Helen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helen</span></a></p>
Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦<p>Today, Helsinki's last coal fired CHP shut down for good after a one-year extension. It and the remaining two coal plants elsewhere produced less than 1% of Finland's energy over 2024.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a><br><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/</span><span class="invisible">finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes</span></a></p>
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