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S.Africa gets $497 mn from World Bank to move away from coal
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
In a statement overnight Thursday, the bank said the newly-closed Komati power station about 170 kilometers (105 miles) northeast of Johannesburg will be repurp...
'Close the windows': Lebanon power plant sparks cancer fears
Oct 19, 2022 (AFP)
Thick black smoke sometimes billows from its red-and-white chimneys, leaving a grey haze in the air above the Zouk Mikael industrial district where the toxins r...
Green future is cause for worry in S.Africa's coal belt
Oct 17, 2022 (AFP)
An hour's drive from Johannesburg, Khutala Colliery is among more than 100 coal mines and a dozen coal-fired plants that dot the industrial landscape of the nor...
Despite disasters, climate is a taboo election issue in US coal country
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
Like him, many in his Appalachian region are reluctant to question an industry that has long provided the only high-paying jobs. And with the US midterm electio...
Climate unease leaves Aussie mines scrambling for staff
Oct 12, 2022 (AFP)
Australia's Resources Minister Madeleine King -- who oversees the more than US$200 billion-a-year industry -- said the mining sector was "stretched" and badly n...
German firm RWE to ditch coal power by 2030: CEO
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
Russia's curtailing of gas exports to Germany in the wake of the Ukraine war has forced Berlin to make the radical decision to restart mothballed coal power sta...
Australia's largest carbon emitter to exit coal by 2035
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
AGL said it would shutter one of Australia's biggest carbon emitters, the Loy Yang A Power Station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, by mid-2035, a decade earlier t...
At UN, Vanuatu calls for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
Sep 23, 2022 (AFP)
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Nikenike Vurobaravu evoked the existential crisis caused by rapid global heating, from hurrican...
China doubles down on coal as energy crunch bites
Sep 18, 2022 (AFP)
The country is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving global warming, and President Xi Jinping has vowed to reduce coal use from 2026 as pa...
Ten killed after mountain collapse at China mining site
Jul 23, 2022 (AFP)
The accident took place around 11:15 am local time (0315 GMT) in the northwestern province of Gansu, said CCTV, adding that rescue operations are now over. Pers...
China speeding up approvals for new coal plants: Greenpeace
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
China is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving global warming, and President Xi Jinping last year vowed to phase down coal use from 2026 a...
Australian govt rejects moratorium on new coal and gas
Jun 29, 2022 (AFP)
The centre-left Labor government committed to more ambitious emissions cuts after it swept to power in May elections, hoping to ditch the country's reputation a...
As Russia cuts gas, coal makes a comeback in Europe
Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)
Here is a look at the situation: - Coal still here, but declining - Globally, coal is the main source of energy for electricity production, but it is also the t...
UK mulls extending life of coal power plants
May 30, 2022 (AFP)
"In light of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, it is only right that we explore a wide range of options to further bolster our energy security and domestic ...
India relaxes environment rules for coal mines, citing heatwave
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
Coal makes up more than two-thirds of India's energy needs, even as unseasonably hot weather illustrates the threat from climate change caused by burning fossil...
India to reopen abandoned coal mines as heatwave hits supply
May 06, 2022 (AFP)
Coal supplies more than two-thirds of India's energy needs and the country has baulked at the cost of transitioning to renewables -- even as unseasonably hot we...
China cuts coal import taxes to zero to ensure energy supply
Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing is the world's biggest importer of coal, but import volumes dropped in the first quarter of the year and energy prices have surged globally since the Ru...
Coal still top threat to global climate goals: report
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
Since the 195-nation treaty was inked in 2015, coal power capacity under construction or slated for development has dropped by three-quarters, including a 13-pe...
Thousands protest in German town threatened by mine expansion
Apr 23, 2022 (AFP)
Organisers said around 3,500 people demonstrated at Lutzerath in the Rhine mining basin, only a few hundred metres from the gigantic Garzweiler open-pit lignite...
Bleak outlook for Australian coal exports to China
Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)
Their purpose-built model shows China's thermal imports could fall by at least 26 per cent, from 210 megaton to 155 megaton per year, between 2019 and 2025. If ...
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