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As Moscow turns down coal deal at COP26, Russian miners get ready for a big Arctic dig

The Taymyr Peninsula in Russia's Arctic holds vast coal reserves.

By Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer November 5, 2021
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Coal is high on the agenda in the ongoing COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. But neither Russia, nor the other major coal producing countries such as China, Australia and the United State, this week joined an initiative to phase out the highly polluting fossil fuel.

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