Steel sector boosts global coal trade
Consumption
The global maritime coal trade grew 0.7 per cent last year, helped by increased output in China and Indonesia, according
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Germany sets 2038 coal power deadline
Policy
Germany has set the deadline of 2038 to close all its coal power stations. The deadline for abandoning brown coal
Germany’s Uniper under fire over new coal plant
Industry
Uniper, one of Germany’s largest utilities, says it is looking to open a 1,100-megawatt coal power station, although Germany is
Spain stops using its coal to generate power
Environment
Spanish coal use has fallen in a year to a level that was not expected to be reached until 2030
Will Australia rethink its fossil fuel policy?
Opinion
The brushfires currently ravaging Australia have cast a harsh light on the climate-sceptic and vocally pro-fossil fuel policies of successive
Germany shuts down nuclear power plant
Uncategorized
Germany has begun shutting down the Philippsburg nuclear power station (pictured) in the south of the country amid plans to
Global coal use set to rise until 2024: IEA
Environment
Global coal use is due to rise as electricity demand across the developing world is forecast to outpace western moves
Poland refuses to sign up to 2050 target
Policy
European Union leaders have agreed that nuclear energy will be included in efforts to become carbon-neutral by 2050 in the
EU agrees 2050 carbon-neutrality with Polish exception
Policy
EU leaders are holding talks in Brussels on commitments to carbon-neutrality by 2050 with Poland alone opposing the targets. Central
Emissions increase slows across 2019: reports
Environment
Global carbon emissions have reportedly risen marginally this year despite a falling use of coal. But greenhouse-gas emissions have fallen
Russia risks Arctic for Indian coal exports
Environment
The sprawling Russian Arctic has seen the number of threatened species rise as Moscow looks to take advantage of melting
China coal use continues to rise
Industry
China is burning approximately half the coal used globally annually and between 2000 and 2018, its greenhouse gas emissions nearly
Activists occupy eastern Germany coal pits
Industry
Climate activists have occupied open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany to demand an immediate end to the use of coal
Global coal use sees record drop: report
Consumption
Electricity produced from coal-fired power stations is set to fall by around 3 per cent during 2019, according to a
New Poland govt distances itself from coal
Environment
Poland’s re-elected prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, could be moving to weaken the Central European country’s reliance on coal. Morawiecki’s opening