Exclusive interview: Barbara Freese on coal and how industry denies climate change
Environment
Barbara Freese has been thinking about the environment for nearly her entire life. As an attorney, she witnessed how the
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Carbon export tax would stamp out coal use: paper
Industry
UK coal use is under increasing scrutiny despite claims that the country went a fortnight last year without generating any
Renewables increasingly cheaper than coal: report
Environment
Wind and solar projects will soon produce cheaper power in every major global market than coal-fired plants, according to the
Drax power station to ditch coal next year
Production
The energy company Drax says it will stop burning coal at its North Yorkshire power plant, which was once one
Japan promises to review coal-power export policy
Policy
Japan’s environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, has said tighter restrictions could be placed on the export of coal power technology to
Mining giants look to offload coal assets
Policy
Three FTSE 100 coal-mining giants, Anglo-American, BHP and Glencore, are facing increasing pressure to address the climate crisis and tumbling
Funding suspended for Polish coal plant
Industry
Polish energy firms Energa and Enea have suspended financing for Poland’s final coal-fired power station, Ostroleka C. The firms said
Poland considers switching last coal plant to gas
Uncategorized
Switching Poland’s Ostroleka 1-gigawatt power station from coal to gas could delay the project until after 2023, according to Poland’s
Activists storm new German coal plant
Production
Activists in Germany have occupied a controversial coal power station that is due to open in the coming months and
Germany agrees extra funding for coal exit
Policy
The German cabinet has approved legislation to create a timetable to close more than 100 coal power stations. The draft
Polish lignite mine and plant expansion plans anger Czechs
Environment
Poland’s planned expansion of its Turów lignite mine on the Czech border is straining bilateral ties and raising questions about
Spain hails dramatic departure from coal
Environment
In 2019 Spain reduced its use of coal faster than any other Western European nation as renewable sources and natural
Australia coal giant’s output hit by fires
Industry
Mining giant BHP or “Broken Hill Proprietary” says smoke and dust from the Australian bushfires are hampering coal production. The
Chinese-backed Balkan coal plants used bogus forecasts: NGO
Environment
Two huge Chinese-backed coal projects in the Balkans are using unrealistic projections of profitability and environmental charges, according to the
Sarajevo protesters target coal-fuelled pollution
Environment
Protesters in Sarajevo have condemned air pollution levels in the Bosnian capital which is being partly blamed on coal use.