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China ramps up coal plant approvals despite emissions pledge
Feb 27, 2023 (AFP)
The coal power capacity that China began building in 2022 was six times as much as that in the rest of the world combined, the report by the Centre for Research...
Six dead, dozens still missing after China mine collapse
Feb 24, 2023 (AFP)
A rescue operation involving hundreds of workers was ongoing after a 180-metre-high slope gave way at the open-pit mine in the Inner Mongolia region's Alxa Left...
Death toll from China mine collapse rises to five, dozens still missing
Feb 23, 2023 (AFP)
More than 50 people were trapped when a 180-metre-high slope gave way at the open-pit mine in the Inner Mongolia region's Alxa Left Banner area at around 1:00 p...
Search for China mine collapse survivors on hold after landslide
Feb 23, 2023 (AFP)
More than 900 rescue workers have been dispatched to the site following the collapse of the open-pit mine, located in the remote Alxa Left Banner, official news...
China to receive first Australian coal shipment in over 2 years
Feb 09, 2023 (AFP)
Once close trading partners, Beijing and Canberra have butted heads in recent years over issues including Chinese influence operations overseas, crackdowns in X...
Australia blocks coal mine near Great Barrier Reef
Feb 08, 2023 (AFP)
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer's scheme would have created an open-cut coal mine 10 kilometres (six miles) from the reef, it said, threatening a marine wonder ...
Campaigners launch legal bids against new UK coal mine
Jan 16, 2023 (AFP)
The project, located in Cumbria in northwest England, has long faced opposition from activists who argue it contradicts Britain's pledge to become carbon neutra...
Last activists leave German village as coal pit expansion rolls on
Jan 16, 2023 (AFP)
Already abandoned by its original residents, Luetzerath has become a symbol for resistance against fossil fuels. Around 300 activists occupied the village, stak...
German police finish clearing site of violent anti-coal protests
Jan 15, 2023 (AFP)
In an operation that began on Wednesday, hundreds of police have removed around 300 activists from the doomed hamlet of Luetzerath in western Germany. The clear...
Protesters clash with police at German coal mine protest
Jan 14, 2023 (AFP)
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg turned up at the protest, in the hamlet of Luetzerath in western Germany, and condemned the move. Organisers said that 3...
Police move in on anti-coal activists at German protest camp
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, was once home to around 100 people but has been abandoned over the years as uncertainty hung over its pla...
German police to evict anti-coal activists from Wednesday
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
Luetzerath, a village in North Rhine-Westphalia state, was once home to around 100 people but has been abandoned over the years as uncertainty hung over its pla...
Protest at German village to block coal mine expansion
Jan 08, 2023 (AFP)
"Around 2,000" people rallied in Luetzerath, which has become a symbol of resistance to fossil fuels, police in Aachen said. Protesters participated in a walk a...
Global investors pressure Glencore over coal production
Jan 05, 2023 (AFP)
Glencore, the world's largest coal trader, has said it supports the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, and the move to a low...
UK government approves controversial new coal mine
Dec 07, 2022 (AFP)
The project in Cumbria, northwestern England, has long faced outcry from environmental campaigners and the decision to grant permission was slammed by Greenpeac...
Polluters' policies would see warming above 1.5C limit: analysis
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
Even after countries raised their ambitions to cut emissions of greenhouse gases in the last 18 months, the Paris Equity Check assessment found that the United ...
Rich nations target $20 bn to wean Indonesia off coal
Nov 15, 2022 (AFP)
The United States, Japan, Canada and six European countries signed the accord with Jakarta on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali to ensure a "just power se...
Mongolia sells more coal to China as world shuns polluting fuel
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
World leaders are gathering at the COP27 conference in Sharm el-Sheikh to hash out the future of the planet, and China's role in global carbon emissions has bee...
Vietnam struggles to break one of world's biggest coal addictions
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
During the COP26 climate summit last year, the government boldly promised to end the construction of new coal plants and phase out the dirtiest of those already...
Rich nations greenlight S.Africa coal transition plan; World Bank commits $500BN
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement was made at the UN's COP27 climate summit in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, where developed countries are under pressure to step up their efforts to ...
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