The tug of war between Denmark and America over Greenland is about much more than Donald Trump’s trademark bluster. It is ...

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Fife is one of Scotland’s 32 unitary council areas. It lies between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, and borders ...

Workers could spend 12 to 14 hours a day near inferno-like furnaces; in airless rooms choking on cotton dust; or hauling coal in darkened ... second half of the 19th century, it was dangerous.

In fact, the first coal beads appeared in Upper Silesia in the 19th century, and were made by miners for their beloved wives and girlfriends. As Katarzyna Depa says, such beads were the ...

In the early 20th century, deadly conditions on the job killed thousands ... in airless rooms choking on cotton dust; or hauling coal in darkened, gas-filled tunnels. Each industry came with its own ...

The January 26 national day commemorates the arrival of a British fleet in Sydney Harbour to establish a ... toppled a monument in Melbourne to a 19th century pioneer, and daubed a war memorial ...

The 19th Battalion was raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as part of the 5th Brigade. A large number of the 19th's original recruits had already served with the Australian Naval and ...

Solar generated 11% of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by think tank Ember.

A member of a five-person panel created by former energy minister Sonya Savage in 2021 to consult the public on the future of coal mining in Alberta says he's in a "state of shock" about recent ...

The Alberta government has lifted a ban on coal exploration in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, a move that the regulator says will allow suspended projects to resume. The provincial ...