coal
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Plans to expand coal capacity "risk locking in further fossil-fuel dependence", she warned.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
"Turkey's continued reliance on coal, alongside plans for further expansion, highlights the contradiction at the heart of its current trajectory," Duygu Kutluay of Beyond Fossil Fuels told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Avedon also focused extensively on the American West, which served as the setting for his 1985 portrait series of coal miners, oil field workers, ranchers, drifters and ordinary people that he considered his masterwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Stice-Lawrence, one of the lead researchers, calls the translation gaps a “canary in the coal mine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Some “nippers” crawled into crannies to chip away the coal.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
“Thus, the concept of shipping diesel to the U.S. recalls the old phrase ‘carrying coals to Newcastle,’” McCullough wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
A startup CEO recently got raked over the internet’s coals for bringing a tattoo artist to a party and offering job interviews to anyone willing to get inked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Before, his customers were primarily pizzerias or grilled-meat restaurants, who cook over coals; now they are families.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Why do you rake yourself over the coals for every last cent you have spent, and second-guess every move?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
It sizzled and fried, and drops of fat dripped off it and blazed on the coals.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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