France, Germany and other wealthy countries have positive policies on climate change, writes Steven Herz. So why are they handing out back door financing for new coal power stations abroad via 'export credits'? Over $5 billion from EU countries since 2007 ...
… Stop 'back door' financing for new coal power stations! Steven Herz | 11th June 2014 Comment Coal Finance Climate Change Trade Corporations … Germany is trying to wean itself off the coal powered electricity from stations like …
A new report names the 30 biggest sources of greenhouse gases in the EU, writes Kieran Cooke. Coal-fired power plants are undermining Europe's long-term targets on emissions reductions - and the UK and Germany lead the list of shame.
… 22nd July 2014 News Climate Change Pollution Coal Fossil Fuels Energy EU UK Germany … gases in the EU, writes Kieran Cooke. Coal-fired power plants are undermining … most polluting energy plants - all powered by coal. Germany and the UK tie for first place …
Coal is Europe's biggest source of mercury and sulphur pollution, writes Kyla Mandel, killing tens of thousands of people a year. So how come more than half the members appointed by EU governments to set air pollution standards for coal plants are industry representatives?
… Coal industry setting its own air pollution … March 2015 News EU Regulation Fossil Fuels Coal Pollution Health weisweiler-coal-pollution-cut.jpg Coal is Europe's biggest source of mercury and …
The UK is bidding for a massive €46 billion loan from the European Investment Bank to finance the construction of three new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point, Wylfa and Moorside - while Poland is seeking €8bn for huge new coal mines and power plants and €12bn for new nuclear.
… | 11th December 2014 News EU UK Poland Energy Coal Fossil Fuels Nuclear … - while Poland is seeking €8bn for huge new coal mines and power plants and €12bn for new … . Also in line for support are huge new coal mines and coal power stations in Poland …
Polish PM Donald Tusk is using the Ukraine crisis as a pretext to revive the EU's fossil fuel industries. His proposals spell disaster for EU emissions targets and the wider environment, writes Mark Siddi. Europe's energy future must be efficient and renewable!
… Mark Siddi | 9th July 2014 Comment Poland EU Coal Fracking Fossil Fuels Climate Change … Poland's unhealthy obsession with coal Tusk is the Prime Minister of a country that relies almost exclusively on coal for electricity production and has …
The UK imports millions of tons of American wood pellets every year to be burned in power stations for 'climate friendly' electricity, writes Matt Williams. But his recent visit to the southern US showed him that this practice is devastating beautiful, natural forests rich in wildlife - while the UK government's own research shows that it's worse for the climate than the coal it replaces.
… Dirtier than coal: burning forests for 'green' energy Matt … that it's worse for the climate than the coal it replaces. A couple of months ago I … which is converting its boilers from coal to biomass, receives over £1 million per …
Amber Rudd's speech today exposes her total failure to assemble a coherent energy strategy, writes Oliver Tickell. It reveals the increasingly certain failure to meet EU renewable energy targets, proposes a new tax on wind and solar generation, and leaves the country facing the real prospect of lights going out in the next decade. The one hard policy? To maximise oil and gas recovery.
… 2015 News Energy UK EU Politics Nuclear Coal Oil Renewables Climate Change … Even her headline announcement of 'an end to coal' was - while a clever way to confuse environmentalists - not all it seems. Coal power stations still have ten years to …
The EU faces a choice: a green, democratic future of clean prosperity and social justice? Or a dirty future of corporate domination with resurgent nuclear power, expanding fossil fuels, GMO agriculture and weak human and environmental protection? Junckers' Commission represents the latter. We must assert our own vision - or there will be little worth staying in for.
… it was on the disreputable foundations of the Coal and Steel Community and the Euratom … The same applies to Poland's struggling coal industry - also in line for €8 billion of … 'infrastructure' funds to build new lignite coal mines, new power stations and extend the …
Who and what are biofuel sustainability standards designed to benefit? They are meant to safeguard forests and communities, writes Almuth Ernsting - but their real purpose is to protect the biofuel industry ...
… more carbon into the atmosphere than burning coal instead would do? No cause for concern: … carbon emissions by at least 60% compared to coal. Don't worry, it's all 'sustainable' Drax …
The impact of the Paris Agreement on leading rating agency Moody's assessment of the world's fossil fuel companies is ... nothing at all. The one change is in Europe, where thermal generators have a worsening outlook, and renewables are 'credit positive'.
… three sectors - unregulated power generation, coal mining and coal terminals - with very high credit … lead to the closure of a large proportion of coal-fired plants by the middle of the next …
President Obama's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions may look like a climate victory, writes Tim Kruger - but it's no such thing. It's feeble because the US can meet its targets by reducing emissions to 2030 more slowly than it has since 2000. And it's fragile as any future President can scrap it at will.
… clobber the production of electricity using coal. This is certainly a 'good thing'. Quite apart from coal's high carbon-intensity as a means of …
Europe's new targets for carbon emissions and renewable energy are severely retrograde and fly in the face of both science and economics. They will endanger climate and retard the renewable energy revolution.
… This low carbon price has allowed the EU's coal burn in power stations to soar, … cheap fracked gas will displace higher-carbon coal generation, both reducing emissions and …
Environmentalists are near unanimous in believing the UK should remain in the EU, writes Harry Blain. Yet that puts us in the same camp as many of our fiercest enemies - neoliberal governments and corporate lobbyists for fossil fuels, cars and other polluting industries. Meanwhile the EU itself is increasingly undermining its own environmental protections as it pursues 'free trade' agreements around the world. Time for a rethink? You bet!
… requirements being imposed on its coal-fired power plant along the Elbe River in … Aleksandra Tomczak , formerly of the World Coal Association, had become EU coal policy coordinator, while the Guardian …
With the help of some clever engineering, writes Paul Brown, the power of the Sun can now produce electricity on demand - day and night, bright or cloudy. The key technology has just won a prestigious DESERTEC Award.
… US it is only marginally more expensive than coal. Those keen on preventing climate change … the burning of approximately 170 pounds of coal. This prevents the release of 300 pounds …
When the UK joined the EU in 1973, it was dubbed the 'dirty man of Europe' thanks to its out of control pollution, writes Craig Bennett. Since then EU laws have forced us to clean up our act. But if we leave, all that may go into the reverse, with terrible impacts on our air, water, health, and wildlife.
… acid-rain pollution belching from the UK's coal-fired power stations. This was the …
Air pollution in London and other British cities is intolerable, writes Caroline Allen. Faced with the same deadly problem Paris has just imposed restrictions on cars - but here politicians do nothing. It's time to elect some who will act for public health!
… industry and power stations burning coal. Silent but deadly But the pollution is …
Climate change has officially become a security issue today, as a debate on its implication for global conflict gets underway at the UN Security Council.
… Ashton stressed that without a policy for coal, a country could have no policy on …
Climate policy should be the big issue for voters heading for the polls in May's Euro elections, writes Olaf Corry - the EU's emissions are plenty high enough do matter, and the European Parliament is at the heart of the action.
… This was voted through with help from a broad coalition of centre-left to centre-right MEPs, … want to drive the EU "away from oil and coal imports and dangerous nuclear energy, and … In terms of options they are against coal and nuclear as well as fracking for gas, …
New reports show the huge potential of renewables in Southern Europe to rekindle prosperity, writes Helle Abelvik-Lawson, using clean, low cost energy from wind, solar and geothermal sources backed up with pumped storage hydro, displacing dirty lignite and oil fired generation.
… from lignite - the dirtiest-burning type of coal - on which Greece depends for much of its …
The small country of Denmark is making a big commitment to renewables, aiming to be fossil-fuel free by 2050, writes Laurie Guevara-Stone. A large expansion of mainly offshore wind power features large, along with moves to a 'smart grid', high vehicle taxes and energy conservation initiatives. Denmark is well on its way to becoming the energy leader of the EU.
… wind. Germany uses German windpower to save coal, though Germany's own renewables are so … district heating. Bio+ scenario: Replacing coal, oil, and natural gas with bioenergy. …
Engineers in Norway aim to put their mighty hydroelectric dams to a new purpose, writes Paul Brown - as giant batteries to store up surplus power from wind and sun across Europe, and put it back in the grid when generation falls off or demand is strong.
… that many countries have to keep gas and coal plants on standby to make up any …