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China axes 15 coal plants abroad after Xi pledge, but loopholes remain
Apr 22, 2022 (AFP)
China is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving global warming. It has vowed to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by ...
India under fresh scrutiny as UN panel calls for shunning coal
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
Coal is vital for providing electricity to India's 1.4 billion citizens, making up 70 percent of the country's energy needs. That reliance is in the spotlight a...
Greece to double coal output to reduce Russian gas use
Apr 07, 2022 (AFP)
Greece depends upon Russia for 40 percent of its natural gas and since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February it has been searching for alternatives to ensure norma...
Methane detected over Poland's coal mines
Mar 24, 2022 (ESA)
Methane is an important greenhouse gas emitted from natural sources, such as wetlands, as well as human activities including agriculture, wastewater management ...
Court tells S. Africa to curb air pollution in coal hotspot
Mar 22, 2022 (AFP)
Mpumalanga, which borders Mozambique, is the hub of South Africa's coal industry and boasts 12 coal-fired plants. The air in that region is the most polluted in...
Sustainably sourcing coal waste
Mar 17, 2022 (SPX)
That's why it's so important to find a variety of alternative technologies that can help move communities toward more sustainable futures. Thanks to $1 million ...
Australia's largest coal-fired power plant to close
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
Origin Energy told investors the "influx of renewables" was "undermining the economics" of the vast decades-old Eraring plant just north of Sydney. Australia is...
China govt to help run coal power plants at full capacity
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
Swathes of the world's second-biggest economy were paralysed last year because of power shortages, partly caused by a drop in coal supply as global prices of th...
End of an era nears for Berlin's coal stoves
Dec 19, 2021 (AFP)
Germany's new government is set to extinguish the at-home heat source from a bygone era as part of its ambitious climate plans, as it looks to cut harmful emiss...
Rescuers race to save trapped Chinese miners
Dec 17, 2021 (AFP)
The group were trapped when the mine flooded on Wednesday in Xiaoyi city, in northern China's coal-producing Shanxi province, prompting a huge recovery effort. ...
Two dead, 20 trapped workers rescued from Chinese mine
Dec 17, 2021 (AFP)
A huge recovery effort was launched when the illegal mine in northern China's coal-producing Shanxi province flooded late Wednesday, with authorities vowing to ...
Purity or power: India's coal quandary
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
The open-cast mines of Singrauli epitomise the economic and environmental dilemma faced by the world's second-most populous nation, which led the opposition to ...
African nations cling to fossil fuels despite climate call
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
Adding to the pressure, the UN climate summit in Glasgow this month called for greater efforts towards a "phasedown" of unhampered coal emissions and "inefficie...
Coal, an unavoidable pollutant in the harsh Afghan winter
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
Even as prices rise, Afghans have few options but to burn it for heat, creating some of the world's most dangerous air. "Pollution causes serious respiratory di...
Down in a hole: Bosnia miners fear green revolution
Nov 18, 2021 (AFP)
Armel Jekalovic and other miners, once hailed as local heroes who brought home steady incomes, now fear theirs could be the last generation to earn a living fro...
S.Africa hails 'successful' coal 'phase-down' deal
Nov 14, 2021 (AFP)
With coal providing 80 percent of the country's power, South Africa is among the world top 12 largest greenhouse gas emitters. Yet the African continent's most ...
Coal creation mechanism uncovered
Nov 12, 2021 (SPX)
The researchers looked at methoxyl groups in coal samples from around the world and used stable isotopes to show that organic material eventually becomes coal t...
Australia's coal country looks to a less sooty future
Nov 11, 2021 (AFP)
Two-hundred-and-thirty years ago, among the verdant outcrops that flank the southeastern coastal town of Newcastle, a band of escaped convicts made the first re...
Australia vows to sell coal 'for decades'
Nov 08, 2021 (AFP)
More than 40 countries pledged to eliminate coal use within decades during the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, which aims to cap the warming of Earth since ...
Bulgaria coal miners brace for 'disaster' as phaseout looms
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
"It will be a disaster... The closure is inevitable," Dinev told AFP on the outskirts of the Maritsa East complex in central Bulgaria. Bulgaria -- which joined ...
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