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Why China is struggling to wean itself from coal
Sep 02, 2021 (AFP)
But China is building more coal-fired power plants than the rest of the world combined, a plan that is threatening to derail its decarbonisation plans and globa...
Rescuers rush to free 19 trapped miners in NW China
Aug 15, 2021 (AFP)
The flooding happened around noon Saturday at the Chaida'er coal mine in Qinghai province, state media reported. Mining accidents are common in China, where the...
Climate report must be 'death knell' for fossil fuels: UN chief
Aug 09, 2021 (AFP)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that the 1.5C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement would likely be breached around 2030 -- a decade e...
UK's Johnson under fire over 'crass' coal closure quip
Aug 06, 2021 (AFP)
Thatcher, in power from 1979 to 1990, fought a bitter battle with coal miners in the 1980s, delivering the unionised industry's death knell by closing over 100 ...
China restarts coal mines to meet surging power demand
Aug 05, 2021 (AFP)
Fifteen mines across China's northern regions ranging from Inner Mongolia to Shanxi have restarted operations, the National Development and Reform Commission sa...
Institutional investors press banks to ditch coal
Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)
The deep-pocketed asset managers warned that they might back resolutions at banks' shareholder meetings that push management to do more, or vote not to re-elect...
Czech villagers rail against giant Polish coal mine
Jul 02, 2021 (AFP)
The open-cast Turow lignite mine spans 28 square kilometres (11 square miles) and supplies a power station that accounts for some seven percent of Poland's elec...
Asian coal plant drive threatens climate goals: report
Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)
China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam are planning to build more than 600 coal plants, think-tank Carbon Tracker said. The stations will be able to generat...
BHP to divest from massive Latin American coal mine
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
The Melbourne-headquartered firm said it had agreed to sell its 33.3 percent stake in the Cerrejon facility to project partner Glencore. BHP said the deal was w...
Bangladesh scraps 10 coal-fired power plants
Jun 27, 2021 (AFP)
Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for power and energy, said the decision was taken in light of technological changes and as dozens of countries halt new coal-fi...
Kids' bid to block Australian coal mine scores 'landmark' victory
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
A group of eight high-schoolers -- backed by an activist octogenarian nun -- brought a class action against Australia's pro-coal conservative government over a ...
G7 to end state financing for coal power plants by end-2021
May 21, 2021 (AFP)
"The G7 agree that further investments worldwide in coal-fired power generation must stop now, as they are not compatible with the goal of keeping to the 1.5 de...
EU court orders Polish coal mine to halt production
May 21, 2021 (AFP)
The order against the Turow mine comes after a complaint from the neighbouring Czech Republic, which argued that the mining created a cross-border environmental...
HSBC under fire over health impact of coal investments
May 12, 2021 (AFP)
HSBC's asset management arm owns stakes in firms looking to build at least 73 coal-fired stations, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said i...
Asian Development Bank proposes ending financing for coal plants
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
The ADB, which provides loans and grants for projects in the poorest countries in the Asia Pacific region, said its current policy was "no longer adequately ali...
Rescuers search China mine for workers trapped for 3 weeks
May 01, 2021 (AFP)
The accident happened in Fengyuan coal mine in Hutubi County three weeks ago, as staff were upgrading facilities at the site, the official Xinhua news agency sa...
Poland reaches 'historic' deal to shut coal mines by 2049
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
A statement by the state assets ministry, which negotiated on behalf of the government, hailed the deal as an "historic agreement". But Dominik Kolorz, head of ...
The new EU climate target could phase out coal power in Europe as early as 2030
Apr 28, 2021 (SPX)
"Once the EU translates their recently adjusted target of cutting emissions by at least 55% in 2030 in comparison to 1990 into tighter EU ETS caps, the electric...
Engie says will ditch coal in Chile
Apr 28, 2021 (AFP)
The group reaffirmed a commitment to close six coal-fired plants, two of which have already been shut down, that generate nearly 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of electrici...
China doubles down on coal plants abroad despite carbon pledge at home
Apr 27, 2021 (AFP)
In 2020, China opened three-quarters of the world's newly funded coal plants, according to the UK-based monitor CarbonBrief, and accounted for more than 80 perc...
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