As silent factories and deserted offices hobble demand for electricity worldwide, the biggest loser is coal.
In the U.S., coal’s share of power generation has dropped more than 5 percentage points…
The Australian government says gas is ‘essential’, but the global view is it’s the second-least desirable source of electricity.
Τhe agency that runs Australia’s electricity last week gave its…
Just days after Austria completed its coal power phase out, Sweden follows suit with closure of Stockholm plant
Sweden has become the third European country to complete its phase out of coal power,…
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc (SMFG) said on Thursday it would no longer lend to new coal-fired power plants from May 1, a day after peer Mizuho Financial Group Inc said it would stop…
The failure of a model project in West Virginia signals increasingly dire industry problems
This week’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Longview Power offers a harsh glimpse into the increasingly…
Whitehaven Coal shares slumped on Thursday after the miner downgraded its coal sales target for the second time in five months and ruled out investments in coal mine expansions this year amid…
‘Digging up coal is making less and less business sense, but it’s awful impact on the planet will only decrease if it’s fully consigned to history,’ says Friends of the Earth.
Nearly half of all…
As workers battle on the frontlines of COVID-19, a devastating Cyclone and Big Oil's latest moves show why we need a Just Recovery that builds climate resilience
As the global response to COVID-19…
Florida Power & Light Co. no longer wants to own part of the nation’s largest operating coal-fired power plant.
FPL, the state’s largest electric company, told utility regulators in the Sunshine…
Usually it’s the world’s major oil-producing countries that step in when a big drop in prices roils the oil market. But these are not normal times.
On Friday, a day after the Organization of the…
Add U.S. coal to the list of industries threatened by the novel coronavirus.
Part of its problem is conditions that precede the pandemic. U.S. coal plants are an aging bunch. Weak electricity demand…
LONDON (Reuters) - China and other countries could be planning to build more coal plants to stimulate their economies in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic but nearly half of global coal…
Climate deniers have been hanging out for the United Nations’ next big summit to fail. In a sense, the coronavirus and its induced policy responses have more than satisfied their wildest dreams,…
Coal is now a loser around the world.
There has been no more dramatic story in the world of energy over the last 20 years than the rise and fall of coal.
Poland, along several other European Union Member States, is unlikely to meet its national 15% renewable energy target for 2020 on time[1]. However, despite the possibility to impose sanctions for…
The European Union should scrap its Emissions Trading System or exempt Poland from the scheme, which helps combat global warming, to free up funds for Warsaw to fight the effects of the coronavirus,…
A coalition of left-wing environmental groups is criticizing an environmental plan from House Democrats, arguing it is not ambitious enough to combat climate change with needed speed.
In a letter…
Vietnam, a key customer in the critical Southeast Asian market, is turning away from the fossil fuel.
Hanoi is smudging coal’s prospects.
Battered in green-minded Europe, thermal coal producers…
Just 15 countries dominate the pipeline for new coal. Together, they are responsible for 90% of coal capacity under development. This guest post explains what is happening in each of these key…
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