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Climate activists rage as Germany votes drawn-out coal exit
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
Demonstrators are angry at the drawn-out timetable that will see coal plants only gradually taken offline over the coming 18 years, as well as at what they say ...
Coal reaching 'tipping point' vs renewables: analysis
Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)
In a report outlining how the world can phase out the most polluting fuel while powering an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, a group of experts ...
Spain closes half its coal-fired power stations
Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)
The move comes 18 months after Spain closed down its last coal mines, although the country remains behind on its drive to embrace renewable energies. It also ca...
Climate activists occupy two German coal mines
Jun 26, 2020 (AFP)
Around 60 protesters joined a demonstration at the Garzweiler mine near Cologne, police said, while about a dozen activists took part in a second protest at the...
India opens up coal mining to private sector to boost virus-hit economy
Jun 18, 2020 (AFP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the move would generate investment and new jobs, and help the energy-hungry nation of 1.3 billion become self-reliant. Despite...
Post-COVID-19 stimulus risks global coal 'lock-in'
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
While extreme social distancing measures in the world's largest economies aimed at stopping the virus are likely to result in a short-term cut in global emissio...
Miners stuck in limbo as Beijing's last coal mine closes
Mar 20, 2020 (AFP)
One of China's oldest mining towns it has powered the capital for nearly 300 years. But more than 270 coal mines in the area have been shut down over the past t...
Coal investors face $600 bn loss to renewables: analysis
Mar 12, 2020 (AFP)
In a new analysis of the cost of coal power across the world, it found that more than 60 percent of the existing supply is already more expensive than electrici...
How one woman is taking on Vietnam's 'big coal'
Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)
Today she is one of the few voices in Vietnam taking on the industry -- a rare female climate crusader pushing for renewables in a country where dirty energy is...
UK electricity firm Drax to stop burning coal
Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)
Drax will cease almost 50 years of coal-fired electricity generation at its Selby plant in Yorkshire, northern England, in March 2021, it said in a statement. T...
Environmentalists dressed as canaries protest UK coal mine
Feb 26, 2020 (AFP)
The activists have promised three days of action at the Bradley mine in County Durham, northeast England, which belongs to The Banks Group. One of the few open-...
Climate activists occupy disputed German coal plant
Feb 25, 2020 (AFP)
Police told AFP that 14 people had entered the grounds of the Datteln coal station in North Rhine-Westphalia state, and some had chained themselves to machinery...
Protesters occupy disputed German coal mine
Feb 02, 2020 (AFP)
Police said more than 100 protesters entered the site of the Datteln 4 coal-fired power plant in western Germany. The organisers, a protest group called Ende Ge...
Protests in Germany as cabinet passes coal exit law
Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)
The 202-page draft, under the clunky German title of "Kohleverstromungsbeendigungsgesetz" (KVBG) lines up an inching exit from coal by 2038 at the latest. By th...
BlackRock coal divestment welcomed, scrutinised by insiders
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
Last week's announcement from the world's biggest private investment fund that it would remove its stakes in companies that generate more than a quarter of sale...
Germany looks to step up coal exit timetable
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
With the announcement that coals could be history by 2035, instead of 2038 as previously planned, "the exit from coal begins now, and it's binding," Environment...
New UK deep coal mine 'unnecessary': green group; As wind soars
Jan 15, 2020 (AFP)
The report focused on Woodhouse Colliery in the county of Cumbria, in northwest England, which is the first deep coal mine project to be launched in Britain in ...
Protests and outrage as Siemens backs Aussie mine project
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
After holding talks with environmentalists in Berlin last week, CEO Joe Kaeser said Sunday that Siemens would go ahead with plans to provide rail infrastructure...
Australian PM dismisses 'reckless' calls to curb coal
Dec 23, 2019 (AFP)
Morrison's conservative government has fiercely defended the lucrative coal industry in Australia, which produces a third of global coal exports and provides wo...
14 miners dead after southwest China mine blast
Dec 17, 2019 (AFP)
The accident in the early hours of Tuesday is the latest in a series of mining incidents in China, where safety regulations are often poorly enforced. Two peopl...
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