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'End of an era': UK to shut last coal-fired power plant
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
At the mainline railway station serving the nearby East Midlands Airport, its giant cooling towers rise up seemingly within touching distance of the track and p...
Coal phase-out fuels far right in rural eastern Germany
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
Thousands of jobs have already been lost in the region, where wind farms now rise near abandoned open-pit mines and many people look with dread towards 2038, th...
UK blocks approval of first coal mine in 30 years
Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)
High Court judge David Holgate said the previous Conservative government's original decision to grant permission for the Whitehaven mine in Cumbria, northwest E...
China coal production threatens climate goals
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
The warning comes as research shows concentrations of the powerful greenhouse gas are rising at an accelerating pace. China is the world's top emitter of greenh...
Coal generates less than 50% of Australian electricity for first time
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
According to market monitor Open-NEM, coal generated 49.1 percent of the country's electricity, while renewables accounted for 48.7 percent as storms boosted wi...
China mining accident kills 8: state media
Aug 21, 2024 (AFP)
State broadcaster CCTV said the incident occurred at around 10:00 am (0200 GMT) as workers were closing a ventilation shaft at a coal mine in the city of Leshan...
Swiss mining giant Glencore drops plan to exit coal
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
Glencore completed its takeover of the steelmaking coal unit of Teck Resources in July following a protracted battle over the business with the Canadian company...
Vietnam coal mine collapse kills five
Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)
The accident happened Monday at a mine operated by the Hon Gai Coal Company, a unit of Vietnam's state coal miner Vinacomin, VNExpress news site said. Early Tue...
Indonesia's big coal firms overlooking methane emissions: report
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
Methane -- which is responsible for about one-third of warming from greenhouse gases -- is a key focus for countries wanting to slash emissions quickly and slow...
Last Polish miner missing after tremor found alive
Jul 13, 2024 (AFP)
The miner was one of two not evacuated from the Rydultowy mine in southern Poland at the time of the earthquake, with 76 of his colleagues transported to safety...
New UK coal mine plans appear doomed under new government
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
The High Court in London was set next week to hear the latest legal challenge to the proposal for a coking coal mine near the town of Whitehaven, in northwest E...
17 miners injured, 2 missing in Polish coal mine tremor
Jul 11, 2024 (AFP)
"There were 78 miners in the affected area. We transported 76 miners out of the area," Leszek Pietraszek, head of the PGG mining group which operates the Rydult...
Coal reliance growing in Philippines, Indonesia: report
Jul 02, 2024 (AFP)
The growing reliance on coal in Indonesia comes despite a $20 billion international deal intended to help Jakarta wean itself off the fossil fuel. Coal is a key...
Australia gives largest coal power plant two-year lifeline
May 23, 2024 (AFP)
The hulking, heavily polluting Eraring power plant -- about a two-hour drive north of Sydney -- was slated for closure in 2025 but will be kept ticking over for...
US plans to end leasing in its largest coal-producing region
May 17, 2024 (AFP)
It comes as the world's second largest economy continues its shift away from coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, which has seen its output decline by m...
In coal country Bulgaria, a losing battle against EU Green Deal
May 06, 2024 (AFP)
Empty houses with gaping window openings and 50-odd people remain in the community, down from some 400 in 2009. That was when it was decided to tear down the vi...
Banks slow to limit coal financing: NGO
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
Of the 638 banks surveyed, only 140 -- or about one in five -- had significantly reduced their exposure to the coal sector since 2016, the report found. Some 75...
Indian forest activist at the coalface of mining battle
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of India's conglomerates -- including one operated by Adani Group, helmed by Asia's second-richest...
G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
The Group of Seven two-day meeting in Turin was the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 annual climate summit in Dubai in Dece...
G7 reportedly agrees end date for coal-fired power plants
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
The Group of Seven meeting in Turin is the first big political session since the world pledged at the UN's COP28 climate summit in December to transition away f...
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