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A general view of rescue team members and emergency vehicles arriving at the Liushenyu coal mine after a gas explosion in Changzhi, in northern China's Shanxi province, on May 23, 2026. (CNS / AFP)
May 23, 2026, 10:22 am
Gas explosion at Chinese coal mine kills at least 90 people, state media says
Rescuers retrieve most of the 247 workers who were underground during blast in northern Shanxi province, in country’s worst mining disaster in 17 years
By Isabel KUA
The coal-fired Orot Rabin power station in Hadera, central Israel, seen from the Hadera Stream National Park, April 25, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 18, 2026, 2:56 pm
Court petitioned against ‘deadly’ lifeline granted to coal-fired power station
Predicting multiple deaths from pollution, Sharon-Carmel Cities Association and green NGOs claim amended emissions permit violates Israeli law, European directives
By Sue Surkes
The NISSOS CHRISTIANA crude oil tanker was spotted off Israel's Mediterranean coast on the shipping site MarineTraffic on March 22, 2026. (Screenshot/Youtube)
March 23, 2026, 1:14 pm
Israel has sufficient oil and petroleum reserves, for now — energy expert
But with costs rising, gasoline prices could go up by NIS 1 per liter, or $1.21 per gallon, next month unless Finance Ministry cuts fuel tax to soften the pinch
By Sue Surkes
The Tamar offshore natural gas platform. (Delek Drilling)
February 17, 2026, 6:24 pm
State report finds Israel unprepared to ensure gas keeps flowing during emergencies
State comptroller appears to urge government to rethink decision to close Haifa refinery, but office claims it is just seeking to guarantee energy supplies when missiles fly
By Sue Surkes
The coal-fired Orot Rabin power station in Hadera, central Israel, seen from the Hadera Stream National Park, April 25, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
October 29, 2025, 4:27 pm
Residents of most-polluted city fight bid to extend life of coal-fired power station
50 to 250 early deaths in Hadera region attributed to pollution from Orot Rabin annually; despite decision to shut station by 2022, electricity chiefs want extension of 3-10 years
By Sue Surkes
Coal stacks at the Orot Rabin power station in Hadera, central Israel, August 28, 2008. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
June 10, 2024, 2:23 pm
Israel ‘has alternatives’ to suspended Colombian coal, says electric company
Latin American country supplies more than half of Israel’s coal; IEC negotiating with alternative suppliers to ‘increase room for maneuver’
By Sue Surkes
Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a military ceremony at the Military School of Cadets General Jose Maria Cordova in Bogota on May 31, 2024. (Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
June 9, 2024, 11:15 am
Colombia says it will halt coal sales to Israel over war in Gaza
Government document says exports to only resume once Jerusalem complies with UN court ruling on Rafah; Colombian Mining Association says move imperils markets, foreign investment
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Police officers carry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C) out of a group of demonstrators and activists in Erkelenz, western Germany, on January 17, 2023, as demonstrations continue against a coal mine extension in the nearby village of Luetzerath (Photo by Christoph Reichwein / dpa / AFP)
January 18, 2023, 10:19 am
Greta Thunberg carried off, briefly detained by police at German coal mine protest
Swedish climate activist supporting protests against demolition of village, in symbol of resistance against fossil fuels
By AFP
A relative of a missing miner reacts while waiting in front of the state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese Mudurlugu mine in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Oct. 15, 2022 (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
October 15, 2022, 8:33 am
Death toll rises to 40 in Turkey coal mine blast; 1 miner still missing
11 injured and hospitalized, while 58 others managed to get out of the mine on their own or were rescued unharmed; Erdogan to visit scene of accident
By Mehmet Guzel and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY
Climate activists march through the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, on November 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
November 15, 2021, 11:41 am
The Glasgow climate conference failed us, and the planet, big time
Without rich nations committing to phase out fossil fuels and without funding to help the developing world, humanity faces a grim future
By Sue Surkes
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens to a question during a press conference at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
October 31, 2021, 9:16 pm
G20 disappoints on key climate target as global hopes turn to Glasgow confab
UK’s Boris Johnson calls latest commitments to limiting global warming ‘drops in a rapidly warming ocean’; UN chief says he leaves Rome ‘with my hopes unfulfilled’
By Alice Ritchie and Alvise ARMELLINI
Leaders of the G20 pose for a photo by the Trevi Fountain during an event for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021, laying the groundwork for the climate conference opening the same day in Glasgow. (Jeff J Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
October 31, 2021, 5:14 pm
Leaders of major polluters China and Russia notably absent from climate confab
As things stand ‘there is a serious risk that Glasgow will not deliver,’ warns UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling reports of progress ‘an illusion’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
From left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Premier Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stand at the Trevi Fountain during an event for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
October 31, 2021, 3:56 pm
G20 commits on carbon neutrality, but keeps terms vague
World’s biggest economies agree to reach target ‘around mid-century,’ will end funding for foreign coal use, but without plan for phasing it out domestically
By Nicole Winfield, Karl Ritter and DAVE MCHUGH
Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kansas, United States, September 18, 2021. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
October 20, 2021, 6:00 pm
UN: Study shows fossil fuel extraction plans would far exceed climate limits
Report shows governments intend to produce over double the amount of fuels by 2030 than allowed under Paris pact to keep global temp increase under 1.5°C by end of the century
By Agencies
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