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An Alberta coal mine at the centre of a federal review has temporarily laid off 300 people as it awaits word on whether it will be allowed to construct new tailings ponds to hold waste.
The Vista mine, operated by Coalspur Mines Ltd., is about 270 kilometres west of Edmonton, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near the town of Hinton. Mayor Marcel Michaels says the current tailings storage is reaching capacity, which means the mine needs new ponds to continue operating.
India to be biggest driver of global energy demand growth in next two decades: IEA
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February 10, 2021
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India to make up a quarter of global demand growth during 2019-2040; reliance on oil imports to rise above 90% by 2040; gas import dependence to climb above 60% by 2040
India will be the main driver of rising demand for energy over the next two decades, accounting for 25 per cent of global growth, and is set to overtake the European Union as the world’s third-biggest energy consumer by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
India’s energy consumption is expected to nearly double as the nation’s gross domestic product expands to an estimated $8.6 trillion by 2040 under its current national policy scenario, the IEA said in its India Energy Outlook 2021 released on Tuesday.
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Mining and oil companies, among the world’s largest polluters and emitters of planet-warming carbon dioxide, are cleaning up their acts. A process that started slowly and reluctantly is now moving with the momentum of a freight train.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that their black-to-green transformations are not necessarily good for the planet and could even result in more carbon output, not less.
For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the pandemic could have been a disaster but a bitter trade war between China and Australia has thrown the 325-year-old estate a lifeline.