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Black Lung Is Still Killing America’s Coal Miners
A self-defeating G7 fails on all fronts – POLITICO
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ZUGSPITZE, Germany — If they need reminding about the urgency of climate change and their role in stopping it, all G7 leaders needed to do was look up.
High above the opulent Schloss Elmau, the resort in which the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies have held earnest (and not so earnest) discussions over the past three days, Germany’s largest — soon to be last — glacier sits in a saddle at
The von der Leyen Commission’s half-time scorecard – POLITICO
If Ursula von der Leyen’s five-year term can be likened to a soccer match, her team is heading for the half-time break with the scores even and a few bruised shins (mostly from self-inflicted errors).
It’s been a wild ride.
When they took the field in December 2019, von der Leyen’s squad of commissioners envisioned a diplomatic offensive in which Brussels would sneak a few goals past its chief geopolitical counterparts, China and the United States. Tactically, the formation was
What it’s like to leave everything you know behind – POLITICO
Not since World War II has a European conflict forced so many people from their homes. As the war in Ukraine rages on, millions of new arrivals across the Continent are figuring out how to build new lives — whether for a few weeks, a few months or many years, nobody knows.
In this ongoing project, POLITICO will be hosting a sort of digital diary, following those adjusting to life far away from everything they knew. For this first installment,
Nicht mehr übersehen: Elizabeth Hayes, Coal Town Doctor, die für Bergleute kämpfte
Die Bergarbeiter, Mitglieder der United Mine Workers, schickten ein Telegramm an Präsident Harry S. Truman und baten um Hilfe, und ein Bundesrichter, Guy K. Bard, wurde beauftragt, Shawmuts Finanzen zu untersuchen. Bei einer Anhörung sagten Hayes und die Bergleute über die schrecklichen sanitären Bedingungen aus, schrieb Biederman, wobei Hayes’ Aussage den Richter eindeutig bewegte. Sie sprach davon, ein Baby zur Welt zu bringen, nachdem sie in einen Graben gefallen war und Abwasser ihre Kleidung bespritzt hatte. Fachleute des öffentlichen Gesundheitswesens
The Green Brief – Coal is back in the spotlight – EURACTIV.com
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All of Europe is anxiously checking the storage levels of its gas depots these days as Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine threatens to upend the continent’s main gas supply. However, what most fail to consider are the vital train wagons full of an old-timey fuel that keeps Europe running: coal.
Coal is
Demnächst in diesem Coal County: Solar im großen Stil
In Martin County, Kentucky, wo die Kohleförderung eingebrochen ist, versprechen Unternehmer, dass ein neuer Solarpark auf einer stillgelegten Mine Arbeitsplätze im Bereich der grünen Energie schaffen wird.
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Busting the Merkel Myth – POLITICO
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BERLIN — In an age of us-versus-them politics, soon-to-be ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel might be the only prominent international leader the global demos can actually agree on.
From Poland to Peru, clear majorities profess a favorable view of the East German physicist-turned-politician, whose 16-year tenure running Europe’s largest country draws to a close next week.
In contrast to her best-known contemporaries, who span ex-U.S. president George W. Bush to Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi and
Eine Minenkatastrophe in Russland zeigt Sicherheitslücken bei Rush to Dig Coal
MOSKAU – In den Tagen vor seinem Tod bei einer Minenexplosion in der kohlereichen russischen Region Kusbass beklagte Boris Piyalkin, dass die Sicherheitsstandards an seinem Arbeitsplatz unzureichend seien.
„Er saß da und weinte und hatte einfach Angst“, sagte Anzhelika Piyalkina, die Schwiegertochter von Herrn Piyalkin, der drei Jahrzehnte als Bergmann gearbeitet hatte, aber zunehmend Angst vor den Bedingungen hatte, unter denen er arbeiten musste.
Der 55-jährige Herr Piyalkin war einer von 46 Bergleuten und sechs Rettern, die am Donnerstag bei
How Germany’s big parties line up on climate, mobility policy – POLITICO
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BERLIN — When it comes to tackling climate change, Germany’s leading political parties aren’t exactly on the same page.
While all four main parties focus on measures to slash the country’s carbon emissions, there are stark differences in how they plan to do so in practice, according to a POLITICO analysis of the manifestos of the Christian Democrats, the Greens, the Social Democrats and the Free Democrats ahead of federal elections set for