The quality ofpeatisvery variable, just like coal. The best kind is compact, and nearly black ; the inferior kind is light, and of a brown color. The lower strata of deep peat bogs make the best ...

Energy history shows that the rise of the Dutch Republic in the 17th century and the British and American empires in the 18th ...

Owen Cashen has been fortunate enough to know the feeling of winning the New Waterford Coal Bowl Classic in his hometown. The ...

The El Niño weather phenomenon, smouldering peatlands, coal power and vehicular pollution caused a big drop in air quality in Southeast Asia in 2023. In Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s most polluted ...

THE days are long gone when on leaving the house you were met by the faint smell of coal tar in the air. The Clean Air Act of 1968 finally restricted burning coal on domestic fires (and for industrial ...