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 …
Britain lingers near to the bottom of the European league table for renewable energy, so why does it seem that the government are willing to add more coal nails to the coffin?
… Coal is over Joss Garman | 22nd June 2008 Comment Coal Renewable Energy Kingsnorth CCS Coal Global Warming Carbon Off-Setting Nuclear …
Clean Coal Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technology of stripping carbon dioxide from the exhaust gases of fossil fuels and then burying it as a liquid underground.
… Power On - Clean Coal Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Clean Coal Carbon Dioxide Carbon Capture Coal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
Greenpeace campaigners yesterday shut down Kingsnorth coal power station in Kent to send a message that expansion plans for coal power in the UK are outdated and dangerous.
… Greenpeace shut down coal-powered monster in Kent 9th October 2007 News Coal Kingsnorth Coal Power Energy Climate Change Greenpeace …
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 …
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 …
Two trucks, sent by Greenpeace and daubed with "BLAIR DUMPS CLIMATE" tipped four tonnes of coal on the doorstep of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs this morning, to expose this government's failure to act on climate change.
… Greenpeace Dumps Four Tonnes of Coal at Defra Offices 2nd February 2007 News Greenpeace Protest Coal Ipcc Global Warming Carbon Dioxide Coal Global Warming Climate Change UK …
Campaigners in the US are celebrating a victory against a proposed coal power plant in Iowa, Environmental News Services reports.
… Big Coal sent packing in Iowa 17th October 2007 News Coal Power Energy Carbon Dioxide Iowa Sierra Club Campaigns Coal Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate …
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 …
Environmental groups in the US are taking the government to court over its plans to subsidise new coal-fired power plants.
… Environmentalists sue over US coal subsidies 27th July 2007 News RUS US United States Coal Power Electricity Carbon Dioxide Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Coal Energy Politics And Economics News web …
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 …
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 …
Climate change is a problem of fossil fuel dependency, and solving it requires reducing that dependency quickly and dramatically.
… 2008 Comment Peak Oil Carbon Climate Change Coal Gas Fossil Fuels Petroleum Oil Usage Coal Energy carbon_comment_WEB.jpg Climate … The peaking in production rates of oil, coal and natural gas presents a different …
The widely touted 'carbon capture and storage' technology is much more expensive than wind and solar, says a Greenpeace report. It also represents a perverse subsidy to the fossil fuel sector that will only boost coal and oil, and delay the transition to a renewable energy system.
… | 26th May 2015 News Energy Climate Change Coal Oil Renewables saskpower-ccs-cut.jpg The … the fossil fuel sector that will only boost coal and oil, and delay the transition to a … EPA's proposed carbon rule requires that new coal plants capture CO 2 , and emphasizes the …
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. …
Pledges by investors to divest from fossil fuels have soared to $2.6 trillion - 50 times more than a year ago. 'Now is the time to divest', says Leonardo di Caprio, one of the latest to join the movement, which even includes Newcastle, Australia, home to the world's biggest coal port.
… | 22nd September 2015 News Fossil Fuels Coal Oil Finance Climate Change Energy newcastle-aus-coal-port-cut.jpg Pledges by investors to … Australia, home to the world's biggest coal port. The movement to divest from fossil …
Ten of the Europe's thirty most polluting power stations are in the UK, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund has revealed.
… Dirty Thirty WWF Power Plants Electricity Coal Drax Carbon Dioxide Global Warming Climate Change Coal Climate Change Energy Pollution News web … say that this increase implies a return to coal as a fuel of choice. The much-picketed …
For the world to meet its climate goals, a third of the world's oil, half its gas and 80% of its coal must stay underground, writes Alex Kirby. And it's not us saying it - but scientists writing in the journal Nature.
… | 8th January 2015 News Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Finance … the world's oil, half its gas and 80% of its coal must stay underground, writes Alex Kirby. … scientists. It shows that almost all the huge coal reserves in China, Russia and the US …
Despite promises to phase out subsidies to the coal, oil and gas industries, a new report G20 governments are still providing them with massive financial help, writes Alex Kirby. The UK alone is spending over £1.2 billion per year to support fossil fuel exploration and production at home and abroad.
… promises to phase out subsidies to the coal, oil and gas industries, a new report G20 … billion ($1.9bn) annually to support oil, coal and gas. The Overseas Development … propping up the development of oil, gas and coal reserves that cannot be exploited if the …
Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG), an anti-fracking group held their national gathering in the heart of Australia's Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry where the ‘Nannas' workshopped ways of evading arrest, media strategies, avoiding defaming energy companies, lawful protest, successful campaigns, protest songs and nanna naps. MAXINE NEWLANDS joined them for the gathering
… gathering in the heart of Australia's Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry where the … gathering finished with a tour of the nearby Coal Seam Gas fields between Chinchilla and … housing with the local council. Australia's Coal Seam Gas Industry Australia's energy …