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Bulgaria coal miners brace for 'disaster' as phaseout looms
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
"It will be a disaster... The closure is inevitable," Dinev told AFP on the outskirts of the Maritsa East complex in central Bulgaria. Bulgaria -- which joined ...
S.Africa to get $8.5 bn from rich nations to give up coal
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
France, Germany, Britain and the US, as well as the EU, signed the accord with Johannesburg at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow to help ensure a "just transi...
China eases power crunch with boost to coal production
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
The world's biggest coal importer has battled widespread power cuts in recent months that have disrupted supply chains, due to strict emissions targets and reco...
CEOs call for climate conference to end fossil fuel subsidies
Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)
The Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, brought together by the World Economic Forum (WEF), called on governments to halve emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero by ...
Isolated and unpaid, Mongolian coal drivers queue at Chinese border
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
Pre-pandemic, the route was packed with drivers delivering the vital fuel to China -- the world's biggest coal importer -- currently grappling with widespread p...
China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060
Oct 24, 2021 (AFP)
The cabinet document follows a pledge by President Xi Jinping to wean the world's biggest polluter off coal, with a target of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 a...
China eyes coal price intervention to curb cost spikes
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
The world's number two economy expanded slower than expected in the third quarter as an energy crisis began to bite, official data showed this week, with electr...
Biden's vision for green US imperiled by Senate coal-state tycoon
Oct 19, 2021 (AFP)
The $150 billion Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) -- a cornerstone of Biden's sweeping domestic agenda -- would reward utilities that switch to rene...
'Running out of time': Asia struggles to kick coal addiction
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
Asia-Pacific accounts for about three-quarters of global coal consumption -- even as the region struggles with the environmental and public health impacts of gl...
Bulgaria's recovery plan aims at 2040 coal exit: PM
Oct 14, 2021 (AFP)
The Balkan country will submit its plan on Friday, making it one of the last EU members to do so to be able to tap into the bloc's 800-billion-euro ($930 billio...
Norway to shut its last Arctic coal mine in 2023
Sep 30, 2021 (AFP)
Mine 7 will close in September 2023 after authorities in Longyearbyen, the archipelago's capital, terminated a contract to supply the local power plant, the Sto...
Britain runs coal power stations amid energy crisis
Sep 23, 2021 (AFP)
The country is particularly exposed to Europe's ongoing energy crisis due to its reliance on natural gas to generate electricity. The price of European gas futu...
US, UK welcome China end to coal funding but seek more
Sep 23, 2021 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that China will stop backing coal overseas, all but drying up the world's foreign assistance to the...
Is China's pledge to cut overseas coal funding a game-changer?
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
But the world's top polluter has not set out a timeline for when it will take effect, and it is not clear whether funders will be forced to pull the plug on pro...
In climate landmark, China promises to end coal funding overseas
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
Xi made his announcement at the UN General Assembly where US President Joe Biden, seeking to show leadership in a growing competition with China, promised to do...
Australia approves new coal project as climate warnings grow
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
Environment Minister Sussan Ley green-lighted Whitehaven Coal's Vickery mine extension near Sydney, just a week after the pro-coal conservative government said ...
19 Chinese workers trapped in coal mine found dead
Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)
Twenty-one people were working in the Chaidaer mine in remote Qinghai province in northwest China when the roof suddenly caved in on August 14, local officials ...
Australia vows to keep mining coal despite climate warning
Sep 09, 2021 (AFP)
Researchers warned in a study published in the journal Nature this week that 89 percent of global coal reserves -- and 95 percent of Australia's share -- must b...
German court rules deadly anti-coal eviction illegal
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
The ruling could deal another blow to Armin Laschet, regional leader of North Rhine-Westphalia where the eviction took place, who as the conservatives' candidat...
China's coal binge could 'undo' global capacity to meet climate targets
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
Tensions between Beijing and Washington have soared in recent months with the two sides trading barbs on China's human rights record and its initial handling of...
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