Speaking to the World Coal Association in Warsaw, the UNFCCC's executive secretary tells the coal industry: invest in renewables; and leave most of your coal underground.
… Leave your coal in the ground! Christiana Figueres | 18th November 2013 Comment COP19 Coal Fossil Fuels Climate Change Unfccc christiana-2.png Speaking to the World Coal Association in Warsaw, the UNFCCC's …
The development of coal mines in East Kalimantan is having a huge impact on local and indigenous populations, destroying the forest and displacing communities. London banks and City financiers take the profit.
… Borneo's rainforest coal: City of London profit. John Vidal The … Fossil Fuel Climate Change Green Economy Coal borneo-coal.png The development of coal mines in East …
So-called extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with little concern for the environment, leading campaigner, author and engineer Paul Mobbs tells the Ecologist Film Unit
… Underground coal gasification: the 'nuclear option' of … extreme energy - including fracking, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification - is being rolled out with …
The Appalachians, America's vast network of mountains, has long been threatened by destructive coal mining practices. Local communities fighting mountain top removal are putting their hopes behind new legislation now in Congress
… Fighting Coal Frank Joseph Smecker | 7th July 2009 News Investigation Energy Coal Mining Appalachia Water Pollution Clean Water Protection Act fightingcoal.jpg The Appalachians, America's vast …
Australia has been growing rich from exporting coal to China. But as Kieran Cooke reports, China's renewable energy revolution may soon bring the 'good times' to an end.
… Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Energy Coalcoal-train-australia.png Australia has been growing rich from exporting coal to China. But as Kieran Cooke reports, …
Ignoring its significant solar and wind power potential, Turkey is planning a massive 'dash for coal' with over 37,000 MW of new coal fired power stations.
… Erdogan's Turkey embarks on massive 'dash for coal' Oliver Tickell | 5th November 2013 News … Turkey is planning a massive 'dash for coal' with over 37,000 MW of new coal fired power stations. This is the key …
Paul Mobbs, leading environmental campaigner, author and engineer, tells the Ecologist Film Unit that extraction industries, including coal bed methane extraction, are going ahead in the UK despite serious environmental concerns........
… Unit that extraction industries, including coal bed methane extraction, are going ahead … rolled out and developed in the UK, including coal bed methane? Paul Mobbs: There’s a … shale to get the gas out now, you can shatter coal seams to get the methane out of the coal. …
The UK’s new Energy Bill, to be scrutinised by a House of Lords committee next week, will do little to change the UK’s economy’s addiction to fossil fuels. London resident Miriam Ross reflects on living in the coal capital of the world....
… Miriam Ross reflects on living in the coal capital of the world.... Visiting my … at the age of six, I was fascinated by the coal cellar under their house and the big coal stove in the kitchen. I felt like I was …
Protest group celebrates as activists force Didcot power plant to temporarily halt coal-fired electricity generation and switch to gas
… Activists celebrate week of action against coal The Ecologist | 30th October 2009 News Protest Coal Climate Change didcot2.jpg Protest group … force Didcot power plant to temporarily halt coal-fired electricity generation and switch …
New rules come into force today that require big UK companies to make their carbon emissions public but - explains Miriam Ross - this won't put an end to the environmental degradation and breach of human rights caused by the UK-financed coal mining boom in Kalimantan, Borneo.......
… UK-financed coal mining is devastating Indonesian Borneo … of human rights caused by the UK-financed coal mining boom in Kalimantan, Borneo....... A coal mine might not be the first image …
Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer
… Peak coal? Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer The Ecologist | 23rd January 2009 News Coal Peak Energy Pollution Coal Energy News …
The World Bank's President Dr Kim proclaims his human and green concerns. But at Tata Mundra in Gujarat, India, his support for a 4,000MW coal fired power plant is devastating poor communities and despoliating their environment.
… World Bank's support of Tata Mundra coal plant condemned Nicole Ghio | 7th November 2013 News Coal Fossil Fuels India Energy World Bank … in Gujarat, India, his support for a 4,000MW coal fired power plant is devastating poor …
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been financing coal mining companies implicated in criminal corruption allegations - according to a Bankwatch analysis.
… EBRD - eyes wide shut to coal sector corruption The Ecologist | 17th December 2013 News Coal Fossil Fuels Energy Corruption EBRD MDBs … and Development has been financing coal mining companies implicated in criminal …
The climate secretary has been lauded for his coal-fired proposals, but beyond the smokescreen it’s business as usual says Joss Garman
… The climate secretary has been lauded for his coal-fired proposals, but beyond the … and told the House, ‘the era of unabated coal is over’. Already fondly thought-of by … craftily defused the row over proposed new coal stations such as Kingsnorth in Kent. …
Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up fossil fuels, burn them, then return the captured CO2 underground. But the hurdles that stand in its way are formidable
… Captured CO2 is also being piped 330km from a coal power station in Beulah, North Dakota, to … saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found Source: IPCC, 'Carbon … of carbon capture may be used to justify more coal plants, so emissions would carry on …
Amount invested in marine energy is a drop in the ocean against more than £50m for collieries
… Coal gets 20 times more money than marine … Terry Macalister | 24th August 2009 News Coal Energy Renewables Marine Tidal Wave … has spent 20 times more subsidising the coal industry over the past six years than it …
Scientists are leading the charge against political foot-dragging on climate change, with James Hansen arrested for protesting against coal mining and Kevin Anderson warning the UK Government its emissions levels are 'dangerously optimistic'
… James Hansen arrested during anti-coal demonstration The Ecologist | 24th June … James Hansen Kevin Anderson Tyndall Centre Coal Massey Energy Mining MTR Mountain Judy … CCC Department Of Energy And Climate Change coal.jpg Scientists are leading the charge …
The battle against coal mining by Mountain Top Removal has been fought by the people of Appalachia over generations. The campaigners' target is now Swiss bank UBS, the main financier of the destruction.
… The Ecologist | 27th November 2013 Activism Coal Global Warming Fossil Energy Extreme Energy hoa.png The battle against coal mining by Mountain Top Removal has been … is an extreme form of strip-mining in which coal companies blast up to a thousand feet off …
Last week the Ecologist published a piece on the shocking decision to approve an enormous coal port on the Great Barrier Reef. Here Maxine Newlands reports on how environmental groups in Australia are responding to this threat.....
… the shocking decision to approve an enormous coal port on the Great Barrier Reef. Here … is under threat from plans to build nine new coal mines and terminals along the Queensland … Keppel Bay, Rockhampton and Dudgeon Point Coal Terminals. UNESCO identifies the Great …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… 2009 News Renewable Energy Energy Oil UK Coal Gas Climate Change Global Warming Carbon … Global Warming Climate Change Nuclear Oil Coal Depleted Uranium UK Environment Climate … the energy crisis. Stop using oil, gas and coal and we might just stabilise carbon …
Climate action groups launch public vote for next protest site
… Climate Swoop , where users can pick which coal-fired power station demonstrators should … of 2006. In June 2008, 29 activists stopped a coal train from reaching the power station. Ratcliffe on Soar coal-fired power station is operated by E.ON, …
It may seem odd timing that many of us are heading to the nation's capital early next month for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest of its kind against global warming in America.
… for a major act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired power plant, the first big protest … that the world as a whole must stop burning coal by 2030 - and the developed world well … you some sense of what Obama's up against. Coal provides 50 percent of our electricity. …
It’s hard to see what unconventional gas - including fracking and coal bed methane extraction - has to offer the UK with our vast renewable energy potential, says Mary Church
… unconventional gas - including fracking and coal bed methane extraction - has to offer the … inside the rock formations such as shale gas, coalbed methane and tight gas. Together they … of unconventional gas is higher than coal. Even if local environmental and health …
Climate activists prepare to shut down Ratcliffe-On-Soar after celebrating the demise of plans for a new coal power plant at Kingsnorth
… Ecologist | 9th October 2009 News Kingsnorth Coal Climate Change Protest cliamteswoop.jpg … are planning to shutdown another E.ON coal-fired plant near Nottingham Climate … celebrating the demise of plans for a new coal power plant at Kingsnorth Protests …