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
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German renewables report huge increases
Environment
Solar and wind power in Germany generated 39.3 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity for the national grid from June to August,
Activists storm German lignite mine
Industry
Hundreds of climate change activists have stormed an open cast, lignite coal mine in western Germany to campaign against fossil
Merkel under pressure to delay nuclear power ban
Environment
The German government is facing growing calls from businesses to postpone its phase-out of nuclear power as alternative sources are
Poland looks to methane to cut carbon output
Environment
Poland is attempting to boost methane production to reduce its dependency on polluting coal and imports of Russian gas. The
Germany hopes imports will bridge power gaps
Industry
Germany will rely on power imports and it abandons coal and nuclear energy before 2038, according to Thomas Bareiss, Berlin’s
Germany advised to phase out coal by 2038
Policy
A German government commission after seven months of talks has proposed the phase-out of all 84 of its coal-fired power
Germany set to import 45m tonnes of coal
Industry
Germany is forecast to import 45 million tonnes of environmentally damaging hard coal during 2019, an increase of around 1.4
Activists celebrate Hambach reprieve
Environment
A demonstration of around 50,000 environmentalists (pictured) has been held to celebrate the reprieve of what is left of western
‘Impossible’ to keep Hambach forest: RWE
Production
The police in western Germany say they are close to clearing the last remaining treehouses from the endangered Hambach forest
Protesters join fight to save Hambach
Environment
Around 4,000 protesters have marched on western Germany’s Hambach forest as police arrested activists trying to prevent RWE extending its
Lignite activists forced from Hambach
Environment
The authorities in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have ordered environmental protesters’ treehouses in Hambach forest (pictured) to
Greece eyes energy reform: minister
Industry
Greece is attempting to move away from its heavy dependence on coal as George Stathakis, the minister of environment and
Poland plans green subsidies to cut smog
Policy
Poland plans to spend up to US$8.8 billion by 2028 on cleaner heating as part of its efforts to fight
Lignite chokes Greek city
Production
Choking dust covers Ptolemaida, a city 500km northwest of Athens in West Macedonia, known for its opencast brown, lignite coal