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 …
JP Morgan's announcement that it's pulling out of coal is purest doublespeak, writes Assaad Razzouk. But it's not the only financier to engage in climate hypocrisy, as banks prepare to lend $5 trillion to build 2,440 new coal power stations. To deliver the Paris Agreement they - and the loans that would finance them - must be cancelled.
… hypocrisy: JP Morgan's empty promises on coal Assaad Razzouk | 24th March 2016 Comment Fossil Fuels Coal Finance Mining Corporations COP21 cancel-coal-cut.jpg JP Morgan's announcement that …
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 tangle of undercapitalised companies are coming forward to cash in on old deep coal mines in Wales, writes Guy Shrubsole - by digging them all out from above from huge open cast pits. But local communities, alarmed at the noise, pollution and destruction of landscape, increasingly see coal as an industry that's best consigned to the scrapheap.
… Coal companies trying to revive 'zombie' open … | 24th February 2016 Activism Energy Coal Fossil Fuels Mining Corporations UK Wales … are coming forward to cash in on old deep coal mines in Wales, writes Guy Shrubsole - by …
The coal power station at Aberthaw is not just polluting much of South Wales with its filthy emissions. It could also be seriously damaging the health of children in Colombia with coal dust from BHP Billiton's massive Cerrejón coal mine. In this open letter, Luz Ángela Uriana Epiayu implores RWE npower to shut down its stinking, obsolete and illegal power station.
… RWE npower, Colombian coal is killing our children! Close Aberthaw! … | 16th February 2017 Comment Health Pollution Coal Colobia Wales Energy Corporations luz … uriana y moises (c) bianca bauer-cut.jpg The coal power station at Aberthaw is not just …
Trump has pledged to ditch the Paris Agreement, scrap Obama's clean power plan, get coal miners back to work, and 'make America great again' on the back of a huge expansion of fossil fuel production, writes Mark Barteau. But he will run into serious difficulties, not least states going their own renewable ways, cheap natural gas, and weak international demand for coal.
… President Trump: up Coal Creek without a (solar) panel? Mark … USA Energy Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Gas Corporations Paris Agreement coal-train-cut.jpg Trump has pledged to ditch …
Coal companies and their 'sceptic' shills have almost given up on denying climate change, writes Brendan Montague. The new message is that coal is essential ... to end world poverty! And those who advocate climate action are 'harsh, cold-hearted' beasts. The one thing that hasn't changed? It's all lies.
… Climate change? Let them eat coal! Brendan Montague DeSmog.uk | 21st July 2015 Comment Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Economics Society Corporations coal-india-cut.jpg Coal companies and their …
Las Casitas is a small community living on the edge of one of the world's largest coal mines, writes Richard Solly - one inhabited by the descendants of escaped slaves, located in the poorest region of Colombia. The village is under imminent threat of forced displacement by the brutal corporation that runs the Cerrejón coal mine.
… Stop forced displacements by Cerrejon Coal in Colombia! Richard Solly | 3rd December 2014 News Coal Energy Corporations Farming Human Rights … on the edge of one of the world's largest coal mines, writes Richard Solly - one …
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 …
China's success in driving down its fossil fuel burn will raise chances of a success at this year's Paris climate talks, writes Kieran Cooke - but first the world must appreciate the changes China is making, and how clean energy is catalysing a broader economic transformation.
… | 15th June 2015 News Energy Renerwables Coal Fossil Fuels China India Unfccc … the world economy - say that China's use of coal, which is by far the most polluting … official statistics, the report says China's coal consumption fell by nearly 3% last year, …
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 …
A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously hazardous and polluting process - in the UK has threatened a Scottish clean energy campaigner: shut up or get sued. Paul Mobbs reports ...
… Coal gas company warns - stop campaigning or … A company bidding to undertake 'underground coal gasification (UGC) - a notoriously … attention to the dangers of Underground coal gasification (UGC) - a technology so …
Renewable energy is all go in China, as set out in its climate pledge this week, writes John Mathews, with huge growth planned for wind and solar. The one big loser - coal exporters who can expect falling sales volumes in coming years. Wake up Australia!
… pledge for green growth spells doom for coal exporters John Mathews | 3rd July 2015 News China Australia Energy Renewables Coal Climate Change Unfccc wind-china-cut.jpg … for wind and solar. The one big loser - coal exporters who can expect falling sales …
As negotiators from around the world gather in Paris for what's hoped to be a groundbreaking climate summit, many will be surprised to discover that COP21 is funded by some of the world's biggest coal burners, writes Pavlos Georgiadis, and a leading financier of coal and tar sands development. Shouldn't we just ... kick them out?
… COP21 - brought to you by 200 Mt a year of coal-fired CO2 Pavlos Georgiadis | 26th … is funded by some of the world's biggest coal burners, writes Pavlos Georgiadis, and a leading financier of coal and tar sands development. Shouldn't we …
The Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe may have scared most of the world off nuclear power, write Jan Haverkamp & Iryna Holovko. But mysteriously, not Ukraine, where the reactor meltdown actually took place. Thirty years on more than half of Ukraine's electricity is still nuclear, while the power sector is dominated by powerful oligarchs. So what are the chances of a post-nuclear Ukraine?
… for nuclear technology, fuel, gas, oil and coal - a problem that has only been … rely on centralisation of access to gas, oil, coal and nuclear power, and the energy policy … of oligarchs and dependency on Russia for coal, nuclear fuel and technology. The market …
Last weekend Toni Belly was occupying Germany's biggest open cast coal mine in the once lovely Rhineland area, one of thousands of protestors from 350.org and other groups determined to shut the operation down. Nursing his bruises and eyes still sore from pepper spray, he set down his account of an unforgettable day of action.
… of the beast - occupying Germany's open cast coal nightmare Toni Belly | 21st August 2015 Activism Protest Fossil Fuels Coal Germany Climate Change Corporations no-coal-cut.jpg Last weekend Toni Belly was …
Since the last big climate conference in 2009 the world's biggest private sector banks have provided more than nine more money to fossil fuels than to renewable energy - showing up their oft-repeated 'green finance' promises as little more than PR puff.
… Climate Change Finance Unfccc COP15 COP21 coal-banner-cut.jpg Since the last big climate … to phase out of fossil fuel, starting with coal." Banks must move against fossil fuels, … months to restrict their support to the coal industry" , Louvel acknowledged. "Yet no …
Big business, industry and finance, keen to set the agenda and shape the rules in the interests of their profits - and at the expense of climate justice - have infiltrated COP19.
… Poland's government is renowned for its pro-coal, anti-climate stance. It is now infamous, … of shale gas and so called "clean coal". COP19 is taking place against a … of Economy has even teamed up with the World Coal Association to put on a parallel …
Every COP has been subject to the influence of polluting corporations - but none so completely as COP19 in Warsaw. Now 70 organisations are demanding new rules to protect future climate talks from the influence of the fossil fuel industry.
… of Economy has teamed up with the World Coal Association - a coal industry lobby group - to put on a parallel 'International Coal and Climate Summit', falsely presenting …
With a million families struggling to stay warm this winter, energy bills will be a hot election issue, writes Doug Parr. But Government actions have repeatedly favoured the 'big six' energy incumbents at the expense of consumers, competition, low-cost renewables and energy efficiency, locking us into high bills for years to come.
… estimates." So, to what extent could coalition Government policies contribute to … stimulating competition. Yet in practice the coalition's complex series of reforms to the … now being paid to do so as well. Meanwhile, coal stations are the biggest problem for the …
A climate negotiators gather in Paris for COP21, the WMO say that a combination of human and natural causes will make 2015 temperatures the hottest ever - half way to the 2C 'safety threshold'. But despite the ever falling price of solar and wind, many newly industrialising countries are insisting on coal-fired development.
… industrialising countries are insisting on coal-fired development. The World … that are committing to new large scale coal power generation are Turkey , the … gases , which plans to open one large new coal mine a month until 2020, and expects to …
Yesterday, as climate talks degraded into a sideshow for the coal industry, more than 800 conference participants walked out. So where now for the climate movement? Alexander Reid Ross argues for an end to collaboration, and the beginning of a deeper resistance.
… talks degraded into a sideshow for the coal industry, more than 800 conference … talks degraded into a sideshow for the coal industry, more than 800 conference … Scandalously, the two-day International Coal and Climate Summit convened in Warsaw as …
What's the biggest threat to your life savings you've never heard of? Rebecca O'Connor shows how the world's exposure to unburnable carbon assets, and competition from clean energy technologies, could hammer your savings, pensions and investments.
… of too much value being placed on oil, coal and gas could ever affect little old me … UK pension funds - consists of oil, gas and coal companies. "Many fund managers … in the FTSE that are not directly exposed to coal, oil and gas would be impacted by a fall …