Coal Threatens a Comeback as the EU Pulls Away From Russian Oil
But experts believe the short term will be more complicated and could spark a resurgence of fossil fuels. In the first week of March, power plants in Europe…
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Energy Firms Are Going ‘Green’ by Offloading Dirty Coal Plants
Energy companies’ sell-off of fossil fuel assets is “obviously a big problem,” says Pieter de Pous, a senior policy advisor at environmental think tank E3G.…
How Australia’s geology gave us an abundance of coal, and a wealth of green tech minerals to…
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Two recent announcements hint at a…
Plans to capture CO2 from coal plants wasted federal dollars, watchdog says
The Biden administration wants to shove more money into projects that are supposed to capture CO2 emissions from power plants and industrial facilities…
Apple is getting coal this year because the iPhone is doomed
Happy Cutmas, everyone!
Yes, it’s that time of year again as Bloomberg (the outfit that ran the highly refuted story “The Big Hack”) is here to remind us…
Germany’s incoming government wants to end coal use by 2030
Germany plans to phase out coal use by 2030, eight years earlier than previously planned, as part of its latest climate pledge. That same year, the country…
COP26 climate change deal falls short on coal targets
The COP26 climate conference has come to an end, but it probably won't satisfy some of its more outspoken critics. Reuters and The Washington Post report…
How Australia’s coal country past is scuppering its renewable energy future
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The crucial climate change summit in…
World should shut nearly 3,000 coal plants to keep on climate track: Study
Shanghai, October 28
The world will need to shut down nearly 3,000 coal-fired power plants before 2030 if…
Britain runs coal power stations amid energy crisis
Coal-fired power stations have been brought back into use as soaring gas prices…