Campaigners say it is an opportunity to consign opencast coal extraction ‘to the history books’
… 'Flaw' in decision to allow newest coal mine Isobel Tarr | 21st January 2019 News Coal Climate Change Eco-activism Change Makers … say it is an opportunity to consign opencast coal extraction ‘to the history books’ The …
Villagers are using the law to take on lignite mining in Germany.
… 2019 News ClientEarth RWE Climate Breakdown Coal Mining Editor’s Picks Change Makers … owner of some of Germany’s most polluting coal plants and mines – has announced a new … were quick to point out that its 2038 coal phase-out date would come nearly a …
Australian voters returned the pro-coal government in a stunning upset, prompting soul-searching among Australia’s left wing parties.
… Australia returns pro-coal government Karl Mathiesen Climate Home … News | 21st May 2019 News Australia Elections Coal Change Makers 5945751835_936dd51986_b.jpg … Australian voters returned the pro-coal government in a stunning upset, prompting …
The Gond tribe of Hasdeo Arand, the largest and oldest stretch of forest land in central India, is on the verge of losing its home in the face of coal mining.
… Coal mining and community activism in India … 21st January 2020 News Fossil Fuels Emissions Coal Mining Coal Activism Community Action India …
The ever-falling cost of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out of pocket as demand for fossil fuels falls away, writes Paul Brown. In the wake of the Paris Agreement and shrinking markets in major importing countries, the smart money is moving into renewables.
… 2016 News Fossil Fuels Renewables Oil Gas Coal Solar Wind Energy … of renewable energy could leave investors in coal, gas and oil seriously out of pocket as … losing their money , because the markets for coal and liquefied natural gas are …
The Zloczew open-cast mine would be Poland’s deepest ever.
… Legal challenge to massive Polish coal mine Staff Reporter | 5th March 2019 News ClientEarth Coal Mine Poland CO2 Emmissions Change Makers … deepest ever. Approval for a huge new coal mine that would leave 3,000 people in …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… 2015 News UK Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Politics suek-coal-mine-cut.jpg The UK's financing of fossil … soared to over £1 billion a year under the Coalition, according to an analysis by …
It's the fossil fuel industry's latest stroke of genius - a coal substitute that's cheaper, dirtier and more toxic than coal itself, writes Ben Whitford. The waste product of refining heavy oil from Canada's tar sands, petcoke is stored in open mountains around Chicago's 'Slag Valley', sending plumes of sticky black dust over poor neighborhoods every time the wind blows.
… fuel industry's latest stroke of genius - a coal substitute that's cheaper, dirtier and more toxic than coal itself, writes Ben Whitford. The waste … more sought-after fuel grades. Petcoke - the coal substitute that's dirtier than coal In …
Slovakia’s first female president will challenge long-standing industrial interests and the financing of coal mining.
… Slovakian president-elect to fight coal subsidies Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 4th April 2019 News Slovakia Coal Global Warming Change Makers caputova.png … industrial interests and the financing of coal mining. Zuzana Čaputová - '‘Slovakia’s …
Campaigners 'left with no choice but to take Banks Group to court' over habitat destruction.
… Coal firm faces court for alleged wildlife … 2018 News Great Crested Newt Banks Group Coal Change Makers 7488499966_e8ebd2bfe9_b.jpg … in taking out a private prosecution against a coal mining company over the alleged …
Two Polish utilities announce they will suspend funding to the country’s last planned new coal plant, Ostrołęka C.
… Poland’s last new coal plant put on ice Brendan Montague | 19th … funding to the country’s last planned new coal plant, Ostrołęka C. Environmental lawyers have hailed "the end for new coal” in Europe as two Polish utilities …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
… could open 2.7 million acres to oil, gas, coal Lawrence Carter Joe Sandler Clarke … | 12th May 2017 News USA Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Politics Conservation … bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe …
Extinction Rebellion promises 40 days' protest during the Christian period of Lent which begins today.
… Canaries protest coal mine Tom Wilkinson | 26th February 2020 News Climate Breakdown Coal Mining Extinction Rebellion Change Makers … miners did. "Here we are, trying to stop the coal mine because there's no need for coal." …
More than a thousand people marched amidst heavy police presence during f Katowice climate talks.
… in Katowice. Protesters chanted “keep the coal in the hole”, urged negotiators to … Katowice’s heavily polluted air due to local coal mining. Climate campaigners Katowice is located in the region of Silesia, Poland’s coal heartland. About 80 percent of Poland’s …
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 …
This weekend's wave of direct action in Germany shows that we can and should take climate justice into our own hands.
… 10th August 2020 News Change Makers Shell Oil Coal Fossil Fuels Protest Blockade Climate … Berlin announced the occupation of a large coal plant in the city's Moabit district on … access to the power plant processing hard coal, a major climate killer. The group's …
China is on track to meet its ultra-low emissions goals for 2020.
… from the UK and China analysed emissions from coal, oil, natural gas and biomass power plants, with a focus on coal-fired power plants as the major … (ULE) Standards Policy for renovating coal-fired power stations to limit air …
America's expanding oil production threatens the pristine Pacific Northwest region of the country with a rash of new oil terminals along the coast, writes Valerie Brown, and hugely expanded traffic of freight trains loaded with hundreds of cars of crude oil heading for California refineries.
… heading for California refineries. Oil and coal producers in the US are planning to use … in the unspoiled Northwest of the country. Coal is already being exported in ever-larger … in Richland, Washington. The oil and coal trains must pass through the Columbia …