South Korea will halt state-backed financing of coal-fired power plants overseas and also plans to strengthen its emissions reduction commitment under the Paris agreement.
President Moon Jae-in made…
Coal has obviously to be scrapped as a power source, the CEO of the Polish group which owns the EU’s biggest carbon-emitting power plant said on Thursday, underscoring a policy shift in a country…
Coal financing costs have surged over the last decade as investors demand returns four times as high as the payoff required from renewable energy projects to justify the risk of investing in fossil…
Seven European countries have formally committed to ending export finance agency support for fossil fuel projects, as efforts to curb public financing for high-emissions energy sources accelerate.…
Current plans to build 370 coal-fired power stations in India will gravely undermine the country’s Paris climate pledge, or create “stranded assets” worth billions of dollars.
That’s the conclusion…
Vistra Corp. and its subsidiary Electric Energy Inc. announced a decision April 6 to move up retirement of the 1,002-MW Joppa power plant in Illinois to occur by Sept. 1, 2022, three years earlier…
The decision is precedent-setting for the insurance industry.
Axa SA, France’s biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights how taboo the coal…
Half of Europe’s 324 coal-fueled power plants have either closed or announced a retirement date before 2030, it emerged on Monday (22 March) when French power utility EDF announced the 162nd plant…
Special report: Inside the massive 10,000-submission mailbag on draft plan to reduce New Zealand's emissions to net-zero
The Climate Change Commission faces strong industry pushback against phasing…
Many utilities and nations around the developed world may be announcing accelerated moves away from coal-fired power projects, but a new report indicates that financing support for this resource is…
Country will align with US and Europe on moving away from carbon.
TOKYO -- The Japanese government is considering ending support for the exportation of coal-fired power plants to follow the lead of…
Mr Kerry warns UK ministers coal is ‘dirtiest fuel in the world’ amid international concern over Cumbrian mine.
Coal has “no future”, US climate envoy John Kerry has warned UK ministers amid growing…
The global Powering Past Coal Alliance is taking sharp criticism from both sides of the Atlantic this week, with delegates gathering for a three-day online summit while the PPCA’s two founders and co…
There are more than 4,000 coal power plants globally. Now you can track every one and see if they’re closing—or if countries are adding more.
Over roughly a decade, 256 coal power plants in the U.S…
The big idea
People often point to plunging natural gas prices as the reason U.S. coal-fired power plants have been shutting down at a faster pace in recent years. However, new research shows two…
Call comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria.
All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to…
‘Ending coal use, whether for power generation or for industry, is crucial for facing down the climate emergency,’ said one campaigner.
The government has been accused of “rank hypocrisy” as it…
Dominion Energy South Carolina now says it can retire coal-fired power generation by 2030, a significant reversal from plans released by the utility just last year.
Dominion’s new 15-year plan said…
The owner of the second-largest coal mine in the U.S. by production volume is planning for the asset’s closure as retirement dates approach for several plants that burn much of the mine’s fuel.
As the climate crisis worsens, Andrés Manuel López Obrador plans to buy nearly 2m tons of thermal coal from small producers.
The men on the midnight shift smoked cigarettes and cracked jokes in the…
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