King Coal's Stages of Grief: Acceptance Reaches the Coalfields. My recent "Stages of Grief" blog series compared the emotional debate around the decline of the coal industry to what a person might experience with the death of a loved one. In the last few weeks, statements from elected officials in West ia highlighted the urgent need ...
Get MoreAs for the rest of the fossil fuel industry, billions of dollars in tax revenue sounds like a lot until you realise that commonwealth revenue was $470bn last year and national income (GDP) was $1.9tn.
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Get MoreThis is the first annual climate summit where the general mood was panic and climate grief. Championing the Australian coal industry sells …
Get MoreThis post continues my series on King Coal's Stages of Grief, and focuses on more denial—this time about economics.Yesterday the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted that the production of coal from mountaintop removal (MTR) mining has decreased by 62 percent since 2008.And last month, Bank of America released its new Coal Policy, committing to phasing out …
Get More"Australian coal industry in final stage of grief" Climate Communications: talking about impacts on health A very interesting piece in Time magazine: "Re-branding climate change as a public health issue" looks at how perhaps talking about the health issues of climate change may be more a more compelling argument to motivate action than ...
Get MoreCoal is mined in every state of Australia.The largest black coal resources occur mainly in Queensland and New South Wales. About 70% of coal mined in Australia is exported, mostly to eastern Asia, and of the balance most is used in electricity generation.Coal production in Australia increased 13.6% between 2005 and 2010 and 5.3% between 2009 and 2010. In 2016, Australia was the biggest net ...
Get MoreMany of these mines will shut down foreign suppliers. There is so much coal, it makes oil seem as scarce as plywood. Someone will always find a use for energy so cheap and plentiful. That is the problem. 1. level 2. dontpet. · 22d. Fortunately we've got cheaper solutions now.
Get MoreAustralian coal miners have been in mourning over the rapid loss of profitability and expansion opportunities, but the industry is entering the final stage of the grieving process.
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Get MoreBRISBANE, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Australian coal miners have been in mourning over the rapid loss of profitability and expansion opportunities, but the industry is entering the final stage of the ...
Get MoreDenial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The 5 stages of grief for coal.
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