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 opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the UK’s largest - and has produced eight million tonnes of coal. Now Miller Argent, the owner and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to begin a new mine at Highthorn, in Northumberland. The application will go before Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, today. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK spoke to the people most affected.
… From the valleys to the beaches - new coal mines bring fear not hope Mat Hope | 4th December 2017 Activism Mining Coal Protest Campaigns fyf_machinery.jpg The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil …
Momentum is gathering behind the UK's transition to a fossil free society, writes Guy Shrubsole. We know we need to leave at least 80% of proven fossil fuel reserves in the ground to avert catastrophic climate change. Here's a quick run-down of progress to date - and the key upcoming fights, including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend.
… 2016 Activism Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Protest UK Wales Scotland Norther Ireland England occupy-coal-cut.jpg Momentum is gathering behind the … including an invasion of the UK's biggest coal mine this weekend. The UK should be …
Next month thousands will gather in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffosyfran, whose 3,500 acres abut both Merthyr Tydfil, one of Britain's most deprived communities, and the glorious Brecon Beacons national park. It will be one of dozens of coordinated actions across the UK, and around the world, to bring the age of coal to the rapid end it so richly deserves.
… fuels: let's shut down the UK's largest coal mine! A Climate Activist | 18th April … Activism Climate Change Fossil Fuels Energy Coal Protest UK Wales … in Wales to shut down the UK's open cast coal mine at Ffosyfran, whose 3,500 acres abut …
Germany's 'Energiewende' has made the country a global renewable energy powerhouse. So why have its carbon emissions gone up? Not because of nuclear closures, writes Melanie Mattauch, but because powerful fossil fuel companies have blocked effective climate action. Now the fight is on as public calls to keep the coal in the ground get too loud to ignore.
… Germany's renewables surge, can it keep its coal in the ground? Melanie Mattauch | 22nd May 2015 News Germany Energy Coal Renewables Protest Climate Change Carbon Trading Politics 350-coal-digger-germany-cut.jpg Germany's …
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 …
The coal profits that fill Matt Ridley's bank account come wet with the blood of those killed and displaced by the climate disaster his mines contribute to, writes T. If hgis consicence is no longer functioning, then others must step into that role to confront him with the evil that he is doing.
… Coal protesters must be Matt Ridley's guilty consience T End Coal Now | 20th December 2015 Comment Coal Climate Change UK Law Protest …
Protestors who closed down the coal mine on climate change denier Matt Ridley's estate faced a claim of £100,000 in losses, writes Brendan Montague. But a judge cut that down by over 90% while declaring the eight defendants of 'impeccable character'.
… Matt Ridley coal mine hit with £100,000 climate protest … Montague DeSmog.uk | 20th December 2015 News Coal Protest Climate Change UK Law end-coal-fluor-cut.jpg Protestors who closed down …
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, …
The Drax power station in Yorkshire is the UK's biggest CO2 emitter, burns more wood each year than the entire UK timber harvest, and is a major importer of coal from strife-stricken regions of Colombia, writes Frances Howe. This Thursday campaigners will target the company's AGM to highlight its impacts on forests, biodiversity, climate and communities, in the face of Drax's PR offensive to make biomass appear 'sustainable'.
… April 2017 Activism Energy Forests Biomass Coal UK Colombia Protest drax-cut.jpg The Drax … UK timber harvest, and is a major importer of coal from strife-stricken regions of Colombia, … now covers three forms of dirty energy: coal, biomass, and, since 2016, gas : Drax has …
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 …
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 …
A protester acquitted last week of trespassing on the Bradley coal mine site in County Durham has spoken exclusively to The Ecologist. ALEXANDRA HEAL reports
… Acquitted coal mine protester speaks out against UK … August 2018 Activism Climate Change Protest Coal Banks Mining … last week of trespassing on the Bradley coal mine site in County Durham has spoken … acquitted last week of trespassing on a new coal mine site in County Durham has spoken out …
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 …
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 …
The fossil fuel industry and its political backers have been left reeling by an unprecedented series of direct action strikes against targets across the country to protest at continuing investment in and official support for fossil fuels, inaction over fuel poverty and the systematic neglect of renewable energy despite the global climate emergency.
… June 2015 News Energy Fossil Fuels Nuclear Coal Climate Change Protest UK Politics … fossil fuel and nuclear companies, a World Coal Assocation conference, the Department of … in expectation of a site occupation - the 2GW coal-burning Didcot A having already closed …
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 …
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. …
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 …
Welsh Climate Camp gets underway as protesters set up camp near coal mine
… first Climate Camp next to an opencast coal mine. Welsh Climate Camp gets underway as protesters set up camp near coal mine Around 60 protesters have set up … to the controversial Ffos-y-Fran opencast coal mine, on the edge of Merthyr Tydfil. …
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 …
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 …
Protesters claim attempts to shutdown E.ON's Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station were 'necessary in the fight against climate change' but could still face a maximum of three months in jail
… Climate activists face jail over Ratcliffe coal plot Tom Levitt | 14th December 2010 News … attempts to shutdown E.ON's Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station were 'necessary in … of ‘Gordon’ onto the cooling stack of a coal fired power station in Kent had ‘lawful …