At Moatize, Mozambique's largest coal mine, Vulcan Mozambique is committing $155 million to replace diesel machinery with electric systems — a decision shaped less by environmental conviction than by the quiet discipline of capital markets, which increasingly reward fossil fuel producers who can demonstrate lower emissions. The move reflects a broader reckoning unfolding across extractive industries: the path to financing now runs through environmental credibility, even for those digging coal from the earth. In this paradox lies a larger human story about how economic pressure, more than moral