The Elephant
The climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
The ElephantThe climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
Climate Crisis: Old King Coal Remains Omnipotent and Omnipresent - Bloomberg
2024-07-25 in BloombergThe dirtiest fossil fuel still powers the world. Talk of its demise is greatly exaggerated.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Coal | India | Renewable Energy
Global Briefing: Spain advances plans for short haul flight ban
2024-03-08 in Business GreenSpain to follow France in banning flights where rail offers viable alternative, Italy confirms coal phase out date, and Azerbaijan joins global methane pledge
Tagged under: Coal | Legislation | Methane | Italy | Spain | Aviation | Trains | France
US joins in other nations in swearing off coal power to clean the climate
2023-12-02 in Associated Press NewsThe United States is now committed to the idea of phasing out coal power plants, joining 56 other nations in kicking the coal habit. Saturday's announcement by U.S.
Tagged under: COP28 | US Politics | USA | Coal | Electricity | Middle East | Renewable Energy
UK grid: March sees record-breaking 83% zero-carbon electricity - Energy Live News
2023-04-06 by in Energy Live NewsIn March, almost half of the UK's electricity was generated by renewables, with wind power delivering a new record and coal accounting for just 0.5% of generation
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Wind Power | Electricity | Electricity Grid
Shell already knew about climate change in the early 1970s (and still promoted the use of coal)
2023-04-01 by in ftm.euShell already knew in the early 1970s (and not since 1986, as known until now) that burning fossil fuels plays a role in climate change. Yet the oil company still decided to get into a new fossil industry at that very time: coal. Newly unearthed documents show that Shell downplayed global climate knowledge to promote its coal business.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Shell | Fossil Fuels
Another big battery wanted to help replace Australia’s biggest coal generator
2023-03-14 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyNSW is launching a new tender – likely for a big battery – focused on the “firming” gap created by the planned retirement of Australia’s biggest coal generator.
Tagged under: Batteries | Coal
Global CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022 as clean energy growth offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use - News - IEA
2023-03-10 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyGlobal CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022 as clean energy growth offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use - News from the International Energy Agency
Tagged under: Coal
Two Years Ago, “Reliable Baseload” Gas, Coal, and Nuclear Failed in Texas Cold Outbreak
2023-02-15 in Climate Denial Crock of the Week with Peter SinclairTwo years ago I was listening to chatter on Twitter (back when twitter was a lot more useful than it has become today) and picking up some serious concerns from experts that I knew around Texas, an…
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Coal | Texas
Stranded assets and early closures in global coal mining under 1.5∘C - IOPscience
2023-02-13 (or before) in IOPscienceTagged under: Coal
NSW forests face uncertain future as ‘desperation’ builds over major parties’ inaction over logging
2023-02-12 in The GuardianWith no clear commitments, the gap between community expectations and actions of state MPs will be a major election flashpoint
Tagged under: Activism | Coal | Wildlife | Trees
Clive Palmer-owned company withdraws appeal against ruling that coalmine would worsen climate crisis
2023-02-12 in The GuardianLandmark decision from Queensland land court declared emissions from Waratah Coal project would limit the rights of future generations
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Labor’s unlimited use of carbon offsets could lead to rise in emissions, report says
2023-02-10 in The GuardianAnalysis says land-based carbon offsets lead to more fossil fuel mining and fail to deliver genuine emissions reductions
Tagged under: Coal | Land Use | Fossil Fuels | Carbon Offsetting
What could a Fossil Fuel Treaty look like? — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
2023-02-09 (or before) in The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty InitiativeMomentum is growing for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to provide global oversight of a fair and rapid transition away from fossil fuels: the primary cause of climate change. With the Paris Agreement failing to even mention coal, oil, and gas, the need for a complementary international agreement is clear. But what would it contain?
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Despite billions to get off coal, why is Indonesia still building new coal plants?
2023-02-06 (or before) in InklWorld leaders recently announced a $20 billion deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal, because — for one thing — the country is building brand new coal plants.
Tagged under: Coal | Indonesia
The Coal Cost Crossover 3.0 - Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
2023-01-31 (or before) in Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology99% of the U.S. coal fleet is now more expensive than replacement by local clean energy, which could generate $589 billion in new investment.
Tagged under: Coal
Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields | Climate crisis | The Guardian
2023-01-28 (or before) in The GuardianTagged under: Coal
EPA Moves to Reject Six Coal Plants’ Applications to Keep Toxic Coal Ash Dumps Open
2023-01-26 (or before) in Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyerEPA found that the six plants failed to prove that their coal ash ponds were not leaking and not contaminating groundwater
Tagged under: Coal
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit – Byline Times
2023-01-19 by in Byline Times'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village
2023-01-13 (or before) in The Bureau InvestigatesSenior bankers greenlit $340m deal with energy giant RWE but recommended HSBC's involvement was kept quiet
Tagged under: Coal | Germany | Finance
Coal power facility to stay open for extra two years in blow to net zero
2023-01-12 (or before) in The TelegraphUnit at Ratcliffe-on-Soar station was meant to shut in 2022
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Net Zero
Big solar smashes Australian generation record, crunches coal, to close out 2022
2023-01-10 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyUtility-scale solar generation notches up biggest month ever in Australia in December of 2022 and helps send NSW black coal output to new low.
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Coal
UK government faces legal action against new coalmine in Cumbria
2023-01-04 in The GuardianFriends of the Earth says significant climate impacts not taken into account when go-ahead was given
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Provincial environmental assessment certificate will not be granted for Sukunka coal mine | BC Gov News
2022-12-22 (or before) in news.gov.bc.caA B.C. environmental assessment certificate will not be issued for the proposed Sukunka coal mine project in northeastern B.C., following a joint decision by provincial ministers.
Tagged under: Coal
Cumbria coal mine: how to understand local support for the new pit
2022-12-15 by in The ConversationLocal people describe a purposeful past in this former mining community – and a bleak future.
Tagged under: Coal
Following the money: trade associations, political activity and climate change - Climatic Change
2022-12-14 (or before) in Springer VerlagThe political activities of industries associated with the production and consumption of fossil fuels have thwarted state efforts to advance climate policy. Yet research on the role of trade associations that firms use to coordinate their activities remains sparse. Studies of business political activity are generally focussed on the firm level with trade associations typically considered only as part of wider advocacy coalitions. Scholars are still to examine the full range of political activities of trade associations. Using an original dataset built from trade associations’ IRS filings, we find that trade associations en...
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Gove’s defence of UK coalmine dismissed as ‘greenwashing nonsense’
2022-12-13 in The GuardianHead of offsetting standard rubbishes minister’s claim of Cumbrian mine’s carbon neutrality as ‘absurd’
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Carbon Offsetting
UK’s first new coalmine for 30 years gets go-ahead in Cumbria
2022-12-07 in The GuardianMichael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Lord Stern responds to media reports that the Government is due to give approval this week for a new coal mine in Cumbria - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
2022-12-07 (or before) in London School of EconomicsResponding to media reports that the Government is due to give approval this week for a new coal mine in...
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
An advocacy coalition framework of policy change and the role of policy-oriented learning therein - Policy Sciences
2022-10-28 (or before) in Springer VerlagThere has been a great deal of research in recent years concerning the use of substantive policy analysis in public policy-making. This paper seeks to integrate those findings - e.g., the ‘enlightenment function’ of policy research - into a more general model of policy-making over periods of a decade or more. The conceptual framework focuses on the belief systems of advocacy coalitions within policy subsystems as the critical vehicle for understanding the role of policy analysis in policy-oriented learning and the effect, in turn, of such learning on changes in governmental programs.
Tagged under: Coal
With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Gas and Coal Assets - Inside Climate News
2022-10-24 by in Inside Climate NewsWhen Continental Resources announced a deal last week to take the oil company private, it joined a trend that has swept across the fossil fuel sector in recent years. With investors agitating for energy companies to lower their greenhouse gas emissions, many oil and gas drillers and utilities have sold off wells and coal plants […]
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Mark Carney denies big banks threatened to quit climate finance group
2022-10-24 in The GuardianFormer BoE governor admits his net zero alliance weakened veto on coal investment because of ‘antitrust concerns’
Tagged under: Coal | Net Zero | Finance
The Anti-Growth Coalition
2022-10-13 (or before) in theagcoalition.orgTHE anti growth coalition Welcome to the official site of the AGC. Demanding a better future for people and planet. About the AGC On October 5th, 2022 Liz Truss, the Prime Minister to the United Kingdom at the time, gave a speech at a Tory Conference in which she claimed the Tories faced an “anti-growth…
Tagged under: Coal
Open Letter to Liz Truss on 'Anti Growth' - XR co-founder, Gail Bradbrook - Extinction Rebellion UK
2022-10-13 by in Extinction Rebellion UKIn your recent speech at the Conservative party conference you mentioned growth 29 times; said "I will not allow the anti-growth coalition to hold us back” and named Extinction Rebellion as part of this coalition. Thank you for opening up this critical conversation. We appreciate the opportunity to share our understanding and we hope many others will join us for a grown up conversation in these urgent times.
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Coal
RSPB ‘not ruling out’ direct action to defend nature from government policy
2022-10-10 in The GuardianBeccy Speight says charity coalition plans to step up campaign against changes posing threat to wildlife
Tagged under: Farming | Coal | Wildlife | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Just Stop Oil
2022-10-08 (or before) in Just Stop Oil Ð No New Oil and GasJust Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to ensure the Government commits to halting new fossil fuel licensing and production. “What we do in the next 3 to 4 years will determine the future of humanity” - Sir David King, former UK Government Chief Scientist (2021)
Tagged under: Coal
BHP proposal to extend Queensland coalmine until 2116 ‘delusional’, activists say
2022-10-07 in The GuardianProposed expansion would cover about 4,000 hectares and involve clearing of habitat for the koala, greater glider and other threatened species
Tagged under: Activism | Coal | Wildlife
‘Reckless’ coal firms plan climate-busting expansion, study finds
2022-10-06 in The GuardianCoal is the most polluting of all fossil fuels and investors must stop funding it, say campaigners
Tagged under: COP27 | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Africa | Fossil Fuels | Russia | India
Green activists jubilant as Kingsnorth shelved | The Independent | The Independent
2022-09-07 (or before) in The IndependentE.on says coal plant is no longer needed as recession reduces electricity demand
Tagged under: Activism | Coal | Climate Change | Electricity | Greenpeace
Mark Carney's firm involved in Rosebank oil field bid
2022-09-04 in theferret.scotThe UN climate czar, Mark Carney, is a leader at a firm which owns a key piece of infrastructure set to be used at the Rosebank oil field.
Documents Show How Polluting Industries Mobilized to Block Climate Action
2022-07-31 (or before) in The InterceptSince its inception, the IPCC itself has been the target of corporate obstructionism.
New coal and gas projects will erase Albo’s climate gains several times over
2022-07-26 in Renew Economy | News and analysis for the clean energy economyAustralia’s massive pipeline for new coal and gas projects will cause more emissions than avoided by Labor’s climate policies. This is very bad.
Tagged under: Coal
State of the environment: shocking report shows how Australia’s land and wildlife are being destroyed
2022-07-18 in The GuardianList of threatened species grows as ecosystems show signs of collapse due to climate crisis and habitat loss
Tagged under: Coal | Wildlife | Great Barrier Reef | Collapse
How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan
2022-07-15 in The New York TimesTagged under: Joe Biden | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | US Politics
Coal Seam Fire memories still burning a decade later
2022-07-05 (or before) by in postindependent.comGLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado - Ten years ago today, a wildfire sparked by a burning underground coal seam and pushed by hot, dry gusting winds blew up into a roaring
Tagged under: Colorado State | Wildfires | Coal
US supreme court rules against EPA and hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions
2022-06-30 in The GuardianCourt sides with Republican states as ruling represents landmark moment in rightwing effort to dismantle ‘regulatory state’
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Chinese premier calls for more coal production as electricity demand soars
2022-06-24 in The GuardianRecords for electricity usage broken in Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu after early summer heatwaves
Tagged under: Heatwaves | Coal | Electricity
Cumbria coal mine: Steel expert claims little demand for coal - BBC News
2022-06-20 (or before) in The BBCWoodhouse Colliery in Whitehaven would supply coal for steel production not for energy.
Tagged under: Coal
Methane leak at Russian mine could be largest ever discovered
2022-06-14 in The GuardianAbout 90 tonnes of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya mine in January, data shows
Tagged under: Methane | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Russia
U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Set To Hit Record Highs In 2023 | OilPrice.com
2022-05-31 (or before) in Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.comFossil fuel production in the United States is expected to hit record highs in 2023 as energy demand bounces back
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
In a Bid to Save Its Coal Industry, Wyoming Has Become a Test Case for Carbon Capture, but Utilities are Balking at the Pricetag - Inside Climate News
2022-05-29 by in Inside Climate NewsPipe Dreams: Fourth in a continuing series on whether capturing carbon is a climate solution or a dangerous distraction. Wyoming has bet its future on carbon capture technology. The state has poured money into research on how to remove carbon dioxide from industrial emissions, and what to do with the gas once it has been captured. State […]
Tagged under: Coal | Carbon Capture and Storage
Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal
2022-05-27 in The NationWith parents and children struggling to breathe, climate activism is a matter of life and death.
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | Russia | Women and Children | Activism | Children
Over 130 companies implement sustainability reporting metrics
2022-05-25 (or before) in The World Economic ForumA coalition of leading firms have co-created a comprehensive corporate system to highlight the need for an aligned and consistent ESG reporting system.
Tagged under: Coal | Capitalism | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability
HELL ON THE HIGHVELD: Illegal miners started Mpumalanga coal mine fire weeks ago – it’s still burning today
2022-05-18 by in Daily Maverick - South African news, opinion and investigationsThis is what it looks like when unregulated, illegal mining meets governance failure – a fire in a coal mine that has been burning for weeks, leaving nearby communities choking in the fumes. Perhaps most worryingly, nobody knows the extent to which fires may be burning underground.
Tagged under: Coal
Study: Existing oil, gas, and coal extraction sites need to be closed down to stay within 1.5C, findings show - Oil Change International
2022-05-17 by in Oil Change InternationalA new peer-reviewed study published in Environmental Research Letters finds that existing oil, gas, and coal extraction sites need to be closed down to stay within 1.5C. The study, led by researchers at Oil Change International and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, finds that nearly 40% of developed fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground to keep the 1.5°C limit in reach.
Tagged under: Coal
Opinion | We Can’t Drill Our Way to Energy Security
2022-05-14 in The New York TimesTagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal
Climate chaos certain if oil and gas mega-projects go ahead, warns IEA chief
2022-05-12 in The GuardianFatih Birol says ‘carbon bombs’, revealed in Guardian investigation, will not solve global energy crisis
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
‘Canaries in the coalmine’: loss of birds signals changing planet
2022-05-05 in The GuardianBillions of birds are disappearing because of humanity’s impact on Earth, global review finds
Tagged under: Coal | Wildlife | Biodiversity Loss
A pro-fossil fuel Disney ride voiced by Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Nye? Yes, it existed
2022-03-16 in The GuardianBuckle up for the story of Ellen’s Energy Adventure – a ride whose sympathetic stance toward oil and coal is newly relevant
Tagged under: Exxon | Coal | Fossil Fuels
‘So angry’: climate activists distraught after court reverses climate change 'duty of care' ruling
2022-03-15 in The Guardian‘I’m devastated by today’s judgement’, says one of the students who brought the original case
Tagged under: Activism | Coal | Climate Change
Sussan Ley does not have duty of care to protect young from climate crisis, appeal court rules
2022-03-15 in The GuardianEight teenagers and a nun had previously won their case against the federal environment minister related to the expansion of a NSW coalmine
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
FOOT.NOTES | FootPrint Coalition
2022-03-14 (or before) in Foot.Notes | FootPrint CoalitionTagged under: Coal
Biggest power plant in coal-reliant Australia to close early - BBC News
2022-02-25 (or before) in The BBCIt has been forced shut by the growth in renewables, but Australia remains heavily invested in coal.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal
Narrabri mine expansion would make it dirtiest thermal coalmine in Australia, environmentalists say
2022-02-14 in The GuardianWhitehaven Coal’s underground expansion has been backed by New South Wales government
Tagged under: Coal
Worst-Case Climate Change Scenarios Are Highly Implausible, Argues New Study
2022-02-09 in Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free MarketsGlobal temperature to rise to around 2.2°C above the pre-industrial average by 2100.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | IPCC | Climate Change
Natural gas could warm the planet as much as coal in the short term | Science | AAAS
2022-02-05 (or before) in Science | AAASTagged under: Coal
Australian regulator finds large-scale emissions misreporting by coalminer Peabody
2022-01-30 in The GuardianUS giant agrees to hire auditors after calculation errors, poor record-keeping and inconsistent data collection discovered
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal
Nuclear Is Too Risky to Aid Climate Fight, Former Regulators Say
2022-01-26 (or before) in BloombergNuclear power is too risky and expensive to address the growing threat of climate change, according to an international coalition of former regulators.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Coal | Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
Toxic potency-adjusted control of air pollution for solid fuel combustion - Nature Energy
2022-01-19 (or before) in NaturePolicy effort has been put into pollution reduction from both coal-fired electricity and domestic solid fuel burning in China; however, the former has attracted greater research and funding. Li and colleagues now show that the more toxic pollution from residential combustion may be responsible for greater health impacts than coal electricity.
Tagged under: Coal | Electricity | Health
NSW Planning Department recommends approval of climate wrecking Whitehaven coal mine, admits policy incoherence
2022-01-19 (or before) in Lock The Gate - Working together to stop coal and gasLock the Gate Alliance has slammed the NSW Planning Department for recommending approval for a Whitehaven owned coal mine expansion that would be responsible for nearly half a billion tonnes of carbon emissions, and likely cause a 10m drop in groundwater levels.
Tagged under: Coal
Surge in NSW coal mine expansions would drive up national emissions
2022-01-19 (or before) by in Australian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.com.auDespite declining demand and efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions the NSW government is set to decide on a slew of coal mine expansions over coming months.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change
'Extraordinary progress' - Beijing meets air pollution goals after coal crackdown
2022-01-04 in Climate Home NewsSocial media protests and US direct diplomacy pushed authorities in China's capital to clean up heavy industry and home heating
COP 26: The teenagers suing 33 countries
2021-12-31 (or before) in YouTubeThe deal struck at last month's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow -- involved global leaders promising to reduce carbon emissions -- and use less coal. But the...
What’s Happening? Global Emissions Are Still Rising
2021-12-29 (or before) by in ForbesGlobal electricity demand will increase almost 10% by 2022, and half of this will be fossil fuel, particularly new coal in the developing world. Nuclear will grow by only 2%, and is one important reason emissions will grow so much during this period.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Nuclear Power | Coal | Climate Change | Electricity
Plan on table to halt new coal-fired power plants
2021-12-25 (or before) in Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News | The Economic TimesAt the UN climate change summit COP26 in Glasgow last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India's aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070 and also pledged to attain 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.
Tagged under: India | COP26 | Coal | Climate Change | Net Zero | Electricity
End new oil, gas and coal funding to reach net zero, says IEA | Reuters
2021-12-22 (or before) in ReutersTagged under: Coal | Net Zero | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance
Coal - Fuels & Technologies - IEA
2021-12-22 (or before) in IEA ÐÊInternational Energy AgencyCoal supplies over one-third of global electricity generation and plays a crucial role in industries such as iron and steel.
Tagged under: Coal | Electricity
Global demand for coal could hit all-time high in 2022
2021-12-17 in The GuardianElectricity from coal plants has risen by 9% this year to fuel economic recovery from Covid, says watchdog
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | Electricity | Economics
‘Disappointing and patronising’: scientists rebut Science Museum chair’s defence of fossil fuel sponsors
2021-12-16 in Culture UnstainedLeading scientists call out Science Museum Group’s chair Dame Mary Archer for claiming reasonable objections are ‘false attacks’Letter pushes back against museum’s claims new sponsor Adani Green Energy is unconnected to its parent company’s coal operations and that a problematic ‘gagging clause’ is ‘standard’One of UK’s leading scientists, Sir David King, also calls on museum…
Tagged under: Coal
Doubts over Coalition’s net zero target as report finds soil carbon emissions will increase as climate warms
2021-12-13 in The GuardianExclusive: Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns expected to increase losses and make it more difficult to identify net carbon emissions
Tagged under: Extreme Rainfall | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Net Zero
Why the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong
2021-12-07 (or before) by in Foreign Policy - the Global Magazine of News and IdeasOnce again, the rich world sees Africans as a threat to the planet.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Africa
Climate change: Is ‘blue hydrogen’ Japan’s answer to coal? - BBC News
2021-12-06 (or before) in The BBCThe Fukushima disaster turned Japan away from nuclear. A new energy source may help it quit coal.
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Hydrogen | Coal | Climate Change | Japan
The role of public relations firms in climate change politics - Climatic Change
2021-12-04 (or before) in Springer VerlagClimate change policy has long been subject to influence by a wide variety of organizations. Despite their importance, the key role of public relations (PR) firms has long been overlooked in the climate political space. This paper provides an exploratory overview of the extent and nature of involvement of PR firms in climate political action by organizations in five sectors: Coal/Steel/Rail, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Renewable Energy, and the Environmental Movement. The analysis shows that the engagement of public relations firms by organizations in all of these sectors is widespread. In absolute terms, the Utility and Gas &...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Climate Change | US Politics
The PR Industry Has Been a ‘Major’ But ‘Overlooked’ Influence in Climate Politics for Decades, Says Study
2021-11-30 by in DeSmogFrom coining “clean coal” to “carbon footprint,” public relations firms have been instrumental in shaping the public discourse around climate and energy policy, and as a new study underlines, their powerful efforts have flown under the radar for too long. PR firms have played a key role in obstructing action on climate change over the […]
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
China cancels proposed 3GW coal plant in the Limpopo MM-SEZ
2021-11-18 in Fossil Free South Africa - The SA campaign for fossil fuel divestmentThe Chinese Embassy in South Africa has confirmed in correspondence with Fossil Free SA that China will not be funding the proposed 3GW power plant in the Limpopo MM-SEZ
Tagged under: Coal | South Africa | Africa
Australian deputy PM mocks Alok Sharma’s emotional reaction at Cop26
2021-11-15 in The GuardianBarnaby Joyce takes a swipe at chair of the climate summit for trying to ‘shut down industries in other people’s countries’
Coal Elimination Treaty — Planet Politics Institute
2021-11-14 (or before) in Planet Politics InstituteA bold new proposal to phase out, eliminate and ban the mining and burning of coal by the 2030s.
Tagged under: Coal
Powering Down Coal — COP26’s Impact on the Global Coal Power Fleet – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air
2021-11-12 in Centre for Research on Energy and Clean AirThe commitments to “no new coal”, ending fossil fuel financing, coal phase outs and carbon neutrality targets announced in the run-up to and at the UN climate summit in Glasgow are going to have an unprecedented impact on global coal power industry, the world’s largest CO2 emitting sector, according to new CREA analysis. Key findings: […]
Coal Power Emissions Per Capita
2021-11-11 in Ember ClimateNew analysis shows that the world’s richest countries are among the worst coal power emitters when you adjust for population size.
Tagged under: Coal
COP26 Presented Forests as a Climate Solution, But May Not Be Able to Keep Them Standing - Inside Climate News
2021-11-09 in Inside Climate NewsThe first week of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, saw a global pledge to cut emissions of the climate super-pollutant methane, more than 40 countries promise to phase out coal and 20 agree to stop public funding for some fossil fuel projects. But to stop global warming soon, the world needs to remove […]
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Climate Change | Methane | Trees
Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report
2021-11-09 in The GuardianResearch from world’s top climate analysis coalition contrasts sharply with last week’s optimism
COP26: Deal to end public funding for unabated fossil fuels by 2022
2021-11-04 in DRILL OR DROP? - Independent journalism on UK fracking, onshore oil and gas and the reactions to itMore than 20 countries and institutions have committed to ending international public finance for unabated coal, oil and gas by the end of 2022.
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Summary - Insights from the UK coal phase out experience
2021-11-01 (or before) in E3G - A safe climate for allTagged under: Coal
Home - Coal Action Network
2021-11-01 (or before) in Coal ActionUnder direction by grassroots campaign organisation, Coal Action Network, Barrister Estelle Dehon has sent a letter-before-action to the Welsh Government and the Coal Authorit... Read more
Tagged under: Coal
groundWork Homepage
2021-10-28 (or before) in GroundworkgroundWork is a non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organization working primarily in Southern Africa in the areas of Climate & Energy Justice, Coal, Environmental Health, Global Green and Healthy Hospitals, and Waste.
Tagged under: Coal | Africa | Health | Climate Justice
COP26 news live: Emotional Alok Sharma 'deeply sorry' – as Glasgow pact receives mixed reactions
2021-10-28 (or before) in Sky NewsLatest COP26 news as: 200 countries reach agreement after 15 days of talks; COP president "deeply sorry" as India's request leads to watered down language on coal.
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | India
Why the COP26 climate summit won’t save the planet
2021-10-27 in PoliticoEfforts to stop warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius may already have slipped away.
Tagged under: Global Warming | Joe Biden | COP26 | Coal | Climate Change | Indonesia
China to cut fossil fuel use to below 20% by 2060
2021-10-25 in The GuardianDespite pushing ahead with dozens of new coal power plants, China has a new plan to increase wind and solar power in its march towards carbon neutrality
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Wind Power
Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decade - BBC News
2021-10-22 (or before) in BBCGovernment plans to extract coal, oil and gas are incompatible with safe temperatures, says the UN.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
G20 split over coal, 1.5 degree climate limit ahead of Rome summit -sources | Reuters
2021-10-21 (or before) in ReutersTagged under: Coal
Leaked documents reveal the fossil fuel and meat producing countries lobbying against climate action
2021-10-21 in Greenpeace UK - UnearthedLeaked documents detail how some of the world’s biggest coal, oil and meat producing nations are lobbying to weaken a key UN climate report
Tagged under: Coal | IPCC | Greenpeace
Over 650 People Arrested in D.C. During Week of Indigenous-led Climate Action Calling on Biden to be the Climate Leader he Promised to be
2021-10-18 by in DeSmogAs environmental advocates from across the United States converged in Washington, D.C. last week to take part in the five day “People vs. Fossil Fuels” action, President Biden’s infrastructure package remained stalled, in part, by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s push to cut its largest climate measure. The series of fossil fuel protests were organized by a coalition of over […]
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Activism
How will post-Merkel Germany tackle the climate crisis? | View
2021-10-14 (or before) in Euronews"Angela Merkel had more luck in pushing the climate agenda abroad than at home - in Germany, she had no choice but to balance between competing demands from powerful car and coal industries."
For a liveable planet, we cannot allow any new oil, gas and coal projects.
2021-10-11 (or before) in Stop the Cambo oil fieldThe start of the project will extract up to 170 million barrels of oil - the same as the annual carbon pollution from 18 coal-fired power stations.
Tagged under: Coal
Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds
2021-10-06 in The GuardianTrillions of dollars a year are ‘adding fuel to the fire’ of the climate crisis, experts say
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Fossil Fuels
India's vulnerability to coal shocks exposed amid surging energy demand and prices
2021-10-05 in Climate Home NewsThe country's looming energy crisis raises serious questions over India's coal expansion plan as private investors move away from the sector, analysts say
Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site
2021-10-02 in The GuardianMiner says group is ‘trespassing’ but police have acknowledged their cultural rights under human rights act
Tagged under: Coal
COP26: Australia PM undecided on attending crucial climate summit - BBC News
2021-09-28 (or before) in The BBCThe coal-supporting nation has faced increasing pressure to commit to a net zero emissions target.
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Net Zero
Scott Morrison says Australia ‘really good at digging stuff up’ while announcing clean energy summit
2021-09-25 in The GuardianMorrison says after Quad meeting that there is a ‘deep appreciation’ about Australia’s role ‘providing critical minerals’
Bylong Community Wins Again as Coal Mine Appeal is Dismissed - Environmental Defenders Office
2021-09-14 in Environmental Defenders OfficeThe NSW Court of Appeal has today upheld the decision to refuse the Bylong Coal Project. The decision comes two years after the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) first rejected the 6.5 million-tonnes-per-year greenfield coal mine, calling the greenhouse gas emissions from the project ‘problematical’.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal
Most plans for new coal plants scrapped since Paris agreement
2021-09-14 in The GuardianReport by climate groups found more than three-quarters of projects were discarded after the deal was signed
Tagged under: COP26 | Coal | Fossil Fuels | The Paris Agreement
‘No satisfactory explanation’: court blasts Keith Pitt over grant agreement with gas company
2021-09-14 in The GuardianJudge orders federal resources minister to explain his actions in case over Beetaloo Basin drilling and describes events as ‘not reflecting well’ on him
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
UK planning last-ditch China climate talks to break impasse before Cop26
2021-09-10 in The GuardianExclusive: Crunch meeting of world leaders tabled for this month, with Xi key to success of climate summit
Tagged under: COP26 | Greenhouse Gases | Coal
How much of the world’s oil needs to stay in the ground?
2021-09-08 in The GuardianAnalysis shows future is bleak for fossil fuel industry with trillions of dollars of assets at stake
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Cumbria coal mine: Local Tory MP drops support for controversial project ahead of Cop26 | The Independent
2021-09-07 (or before) in The IndependentExclusive: Dr Neil Hudson calls on government to heed scientists’ warnings, and instead invest in clean renewable technologies
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | COP26 | Coal | Climate Change
Report Reveals How Joe Manchin Made Millions of Dollars Pushing Coal and Relaxing Environmental Regulations | The Smirking Chimp
2021-09-06 (or before) in The Smirking Chimp | News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing ConspiracyNews and commentary from the vast, left-wing conspiracy
Tagged under: Coal | US Politics
As the Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan, coal is a key source of revenue
2021-08-26 in Climate Home NewsMining was a major source of finance for the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan and has strategic importance as the militants seek to govern
Surface Water Vulnerable to Widespread Pollution From Fracking, a New Study Finds - Inside Climate News
2021-08-20 in Inside Climate NewsFossil fuels don’t just damage the planet by emitting climate-warming greenhouse gases when they are burned. Extracting coal, oil and gas has a huge impact on the surface of the earth, including strip mines the size of cities and offshore oil spills that pollute country-sized swaths of ocean. Years of research has shown how the […]
Tagged under: Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Prudential in talks to buy out and shut coal-fired plants in Asia
2021-08-03 in The GuardianScheme with Asian Development Bank could help make big progress on climate goals, says insurer
Tagged under: Insurance | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Finance
‘Reckless’: G20 states subsidised fossil fuels by $3tn since 2015, says report
2021-07-20 in The GuardianSupport for coal, oil and gas remains high despite pledges to tackle climate crisis
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country
2021-07-18 in The New York TimesTagged under: Wildfires | Coal | Climate Change | Insurance | California
Who Funds Overseas Coal Plants? The Need for Transparency and Accountability | Global Development Policy Center
2021-07-08 (or before) in Boston UniversityTagged under: Coal
Home - Coalition for Negative Emissions
2021-07-01 (or before) in Coalition for Negative EmissionsThe Coalition for Negative Emissions aims to build momentum, shape policy, and develop the market for negative emissions globally
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Guest post: Hundreds of planned coal mines ‘incompatible with 1.5C target’ - Carbon Brief
2021-06-10 in Carbon BriefProposals to build hundreds of new coal mines could raise global output of the fossil fuel by 30%, putting the world’s climate goals or up to $91bn of investment at risk.
Tagged under: Coal
Whitehaven pleads guilty to stealing one billion litres of water during drought
2021-06-07 (or before) in Lock The Gate - Working together to stop coal and gasFarmers are relieved after Whitehaven pleaded guilty to stealing one billion litres of water at its Maules Creek coal mine, vindicating community complaints of water theft first lodged in 2018.
Tagged under: Farming | Drought | Coal
Australian court finds government has duty to protect young people from climate crisis
2021-05-27 in The GuardianEight teenagers, along with 86-year-old nun, launched case to prevent the approval of a massive coalmine
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Wyoming stands up for coal with threat to sue states that refuse to buy it
2021-05-07 in The GuardianRepublican governor says measure sends message that Wyoming is ‘prepared to bring litigation to protect her interests’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | Litigation
Australian governments spend $19,000 a minute subsidising fossil fuels, report finds
2021-04-25 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)A new report by progressive think tank The Australia Institute sheds light on how much money Australia pays to subsidise the fossil fuel industry. But exactly what constitutes a "subsidy" remains at the centre of the debate.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Gas Is the New Coal With Risk of $100 Billion in Stranded Assets
2021-04-17 (or before) in BloombergNatural gas is falling out of favor with emissions-wary investors and utilities at a quicker pace than coal did, catching some power generators unaware and potentially leaving them stuck with billions of dollars of assets they can’t sell.
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Turning the Supertanker
2021-04-15 (or before) in TransitionZeroPowering Chinas coal to clean transition with actionable analytics
Ten Point Plan For A Green Recovery — The Climate Coalition
2021-03-07 (or before) in The Climate CoalitionRead our 10 Point Plan for a green, fair and healthy economic recovery
Tagged under: Economics | Coal | Health
The Only Carbon Capture Coal Plant in the US Just Closed
2021-03-03 (or before) in Earther | GizmodoLast week, NRG Energy announced that it would shut down the only commercial carbon capture project in the U.S., ironically due to low oil prices. The closure of the Petra Nova plant may be one of the last gasps for the technology in the U.S.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change Mitigation | Carbon Capture and Storage
Australia students launch class action to prevent coal mine approval | Reuters
2021-03-02 (or before) in ReutersEight young Australian students have brought a class action in the country's federal court seeking an injunction to prevent government approval of a coal project, lawyers representing the claimants said on Wednesday.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Litigation | Climate Justice | India
Cancel all planned coal projects globally to end ‘deadly addiction’, says UN chief
2021-03-02 in The GuardianCall comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
EDO Challenges HSBC and Barclays Over Finance for Vietnamese Coal Plant - Environmental Defenders Office
2021-03-01 in Environmental Defenders OfficeUPDATE: The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has announced it will stop funding overseas coal power projects. It comes just weeks after EDO’s Safe Climate team challenged Barclays and HSBC over their involvement in a JBIC fund, which is financing a new coal fired power plant in Vietnam. Both HSBC and Barclays publicly committed [...]Read More...
Tagged under: Coal | Japan | Finance
Cumbria coal mine plan 'damaging PM's reputation' - BBC News
2021-03-01 (or before) in The BBCForeign ambassadors say Boris Johnson's tacit support for the mine prompts accusations of hypocrisy.
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How Biden could use foreign and trade policy to protect the Amazon
2021-02-19 (or before) by in News Thomson Reuters Foundation NewsTo tackle rising deforestation in the Amazon, experts urge U.S. climate diplomacy to focus on trade policies, economic incentives and new coalitions
Tagged under: Deforestation | Joe Biden | Amazon Rainforest | Coal
Methane Leaks Erase Some of the Climate Benefits of Natural Gas
2021-02-11 (or before) by in Scientific AmericanThe switch from coal to gas has driven down CO 2 emissions, but leaks negate much of those gains in the short term
How Steel Might Finally Kick Its Coal Habit
2021-02-10 (or before) in WIRED MagazineTagged under: Coal
With 10-Point Declaration, Global Coalition of Top Energy Experts Says: '100% Renewables Is Possible'
2021-02-10 (or before) in Common DreamsThe solutions will not only save consumers money, but also create jobs and provide energy and more international security, while substantially reducing air pollution and climate damage from energy.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal
Miliband Loses His Marbles
2021-02-08 in NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT | ÒWe do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvertÓ. - J Robert Oppenheimer.By Paul Homewood There’s a very good article about the proposed Cumbria coal mine by Dominc Lawson today: In it, Lawson refers to Andrew Marr’s interview with the idiot Ed Miliband yesterday:
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Australia's electric vehicle policy steers us to a future based on fossil fuels. It needs to be dumped | Simon Holmes à Court
2021-02-08 in The GuardianAustralia is way behind on vehicle electrification, but there are solutions to help us catch up
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Electric Cars | Fossil Fuels | Cars
UK North Sea oil rigs release as much CO2 as coal-fired power station – study
2021-02-01 in The GuardianRigs burn off enough unwanted gas to heat 1m homes, UK regulator said last year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Texas' move to control coal ash pollution could shield industry from tougher rules under Biden-led EPA
2020-12-29 by in Texas TribuneTexas is close to finalizing a years-long effort to wrangle control of coal ash pollution from the EPA, a move that could, for a time, keep coal companies insulated from tougher rules expected from the next administration.
Tagged under: Joe Biden | Coal | Texas
Stop believing in fairytales: Australia’s coal industry doesn’t employ many people or pay its fair share of tax | Richard Denniss
2020-12-23 in The GuardianThe evidence to the contrary comes from the Morrison government’s own data
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
'Zero return': government savaged over taxpayer grants to open up new gas basin in Australia
2020-12-18 in The GuardianCoalition funding for gas exploration in Northern Territory labelled a costly plan ‘for a climate catastrophe’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Lloyd's of London steps back from coal in first climate change policy | Reuters
2020-12-16 (or before) in ReutersLloyd's of London is scaling back its exposure to coal and oil sands, the commercial insurance market said in its first sustainability report on Wednesday, in a reversal of its traditional hands-off approach to climate change strategy.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Insurance | Sustainability
How the Kingston coal ash spill unearthed a nuclear nightmare
2020-12-15 in Grist.org: Climate. Justice. Solutions.Workers wondered: What happened the night the dredging stopped?
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Coal
No more natural gas in new San Francisco buildings starting next year
2020-11-11 (or before) by in San Francisco ChronicleThe San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to ban natural gas in...
Roman Krznaric: How to be a good ancestor
2020-10-24 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingOur descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal personhood to nature to a groundbreaking lawsuit by a coalition of young activists, Krznaric shares examples of ways we can become good ancestors -- or, as he calls them, "Time Rebels" -- and join a movement redefining lifespans, pursuing intergenerational justice and practicing deep love for the planet.
Sahel region is 'canary in the coalmine' on climate, says UN official
2020-10-19 in The GuardianMark Lowcock criticises ‘totally inadequate’ effort to help Sahel countries adapt to global heating
Tagged under: Coal | Africa | Mali
Queensland transition to renewables would generate almost 10,000 jobs, analysis shows
2020-10-14 in The GuardianExclusive: Sunshine and available land offer a ‘world-class’ opportunity, expert says
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Hydrogen | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Wind Power | Activism
New Study Casts Doubt On The Climate Benefits Of Natural Gas Power Plants
2020-10-09 in HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPostThe emissions and methane leaks from new gas plants zero out the CO2 cuts achieved from closing coal plants, a peer-reviewed analysis found.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Coal | Climate Change | Fracking
The New Climate Math: The Numbers Keep Getting More Frightening
2020-10-02 (or before) in Yale E360Scientists keep raising ever-louder alarms about the urgency of tackling climate change, but the world’s governments aren’t listening. Yet the latest numbers don’t lie: Nations now plan to keep producing more coal, oil, and gas than the planet can endure.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
First new deep coalmine in UK for 30 years gets go ahead
2020-10-02 in The GuardianPlanning permission granted to Cumbria project that will extract 2.7m tonnes of coal per year
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Extinction Rebellion | Extinction
E.P.A. Relaxes Rules Limiting Toxic Waste From Coal Plants (Published 2020)
2020-08-31 in The New York TimesTagged under: Donald Trump | Coal
UN secretary general urges India to swiftly turn away from coal
2020-08-28 in The GuardianAntónio Guterres tells country to stop building coal-fired power stations for sake of climate
Tagged under: India | Coal | Fossil Fuels
India plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields
2020-08-08 in The GuardianNarendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Wildlife | Fossil Fuels | Trees | India
Britain goes coal free as renewables edge out fossil fuels - BBC News
2020-06-09 (or before) in The BBCOn Wednesday, Britain will mark two months without burning any coal to generate power.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels
US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza
2020-05-12 in The GuardianExclusive: oil, coal and fracking companies in line to benefit from $750bn bond scheme
Tagged under: Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Covid-19 crisis will wipe out demand for fossil fuels, says IEA
2020-04-30 in The GuardianRenewable electricity may be only source to withstand biggest shock in 70 years
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Electricity
BlackRock to advise EU on environmental rules for banks
2020-04-12 in The GuardianCampaigners raise concerns over investor’s financial interests in fossil fuel companies
Tagged under: Coal | European Union | Fossil Fuels
Mapped: The world’s coal power plants in 2020
2020-03-26 in Carbon BriefSince 2000, the world has doubled its coal-fired power capacity to around 2,045 gigawatts (GW) after explosive growth in China and India. A further 200GW is being built and 300GW is planned.
China must reject coal power in its post-COVID-19 stimulus
2020-03-18 (or before) in The World Economic ForumWhen China jump-starts its economy after containing the coronavirus, it must do so without deploying capital into stranded coal power investments. Here's why.
Coal | How to waste over half a trillion dollars- Carbon Tracker Initiative
2020-03-12 (or before) in Carbon Tracker InitiativeCoal developers risk wasting more than $600 billion because it is already cheaper to generate electricity from new renewables than from new coal plants.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Electricity
Natural gas is a much ‘dirtier’ energy source, carbon-wise, than we thought
2020-02-20 (or before) in National GeographicCoal, oil, and gas are responsible for much more atmospheric methane, the super-potent warming gas, than previously known.
How Germany closed its coal industry without sacking a single miner
2020-02-16 (or before) by in Australian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.com.auAfter Coal: Can Australia learn from Germany's efforts to end its coal era while protecting its workers and communities?
Tagged under: Coal | Germany | Climate Change
EU Power Sector 2019 - Ember
2020-02-15 (or before) in Ember | Clean Energy Policy | Coal to clean energy policyEmber and Agora's annual review of the electricity transition in Europe shows for the first time wind & solar power overtook coal
Tagged under: Solar Energy | Coal | European Union | Wind Power | Electricity
Australian bushfires intensify scrutiny on insuring, investing in coal
2020-02-06 (or before) in S&P Global S&P GlobalBushfires across Australia are drawing increased attention to the financial risks of climate change, even as the country recently completed a year of record coal exports with plans to further increase production.
Tagged under: Insurance | Bushfires | Coal | Climate Change
Scott Morrison says NSW minister Matt Kean 'doesn't know what he's talking about' on climate
2020-01-19 in The GuardianPM rebukes NSW environment minister over call to review emissions policy, saying most of the federal cabinet wouldn’t know who Kean was
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal
Cumbria deserves better than this proposed coal mine
2020-01-15 in Inside track - Green Alliance's blog on environmental policy and politicsThis post is by Professor Rebecca Willis and Professor Mike Berners-Lee of Lancaster University, co-authors of The case against new coal mines in the UK. Cumbria’s West Coast, the very north wester…
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Dirty Power: Big Coal’s network of influence over the coalition government
2020-01-09 (or before) in YouTubeFind out more: https://act.greenpeace.org.au/dirtypowerWe’ve uncovered the web of connections between the world’s biggest coal giants, industry groups, lobby...
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Renewables beat fossil fuels on 137 days in greenest year for UK energy
2020-01-07 in The GuardianRenewable energy up 9% on 2018 but nuclear outages are limiting progress, report warns
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Nuclear Power | Coal | Wind Power | Fossil Fuels
Goldman Sachs Curbs New Lending on Coal and Arctic Oil
2019-12-19 (or before) in BloombergGoldman Sachs Group Inc. has tightened its policy on fossil fuel financing in a move welcomed by environmental groups, just as global talks on climate change faltered in Madrid over the weekend.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Arctic | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change
Australia took a match to UN climate talks while back home the country burned | Julie-Anne Richards
2019-12-16 in The GuardianThe gleeful coal lobby stalked the Madrid COP25 meeting halls as the Morrison government threw out compassion and international citizenship
Tagged under: Bushfires | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Australia ranked worst of 57 countries on climate change policy
2019-12-11 in The GuardianThinktank report deems Morrison government ‘an increasingly regressive force’
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change
Climate change: Emissions edge up despite drop in coal - BBC News
2019-12-05 (or before) in BBCEmissions of CO2 have risen in 2019, say researchers, as oil and gas use continues to grow.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
Will Asia’s insurers follow Axa’s lead on coal?
2019-12-04 in InsuranceAsia NewsThe key resource for accurate, insightful and reliable coverage of Asia’s insurance and reinsurance market.
Tagged under: Coal | Insurance
Insurers Ditching Coal Doubled in 2019, but U.S. Industry Lags Behind — INSURE OUR FUTURE — end fossil insurance
2019-12-04 (or before) in Insure Our Future - end fossil insuranceNew report shows 46% of reinsurance market and 37% of industry’s global assets now covered by coal exit policies
Tagged under: Coal | Insurance
John Kerry launches coalition to fight climate crisis: ‘We are way behind’
2019-12-01 in The GuardianBipartisan bloc aims to convince people that rapid action is required to halt carbon emissions within 30 years
Tagged under: Coal | US Politics
John Kerry Launches Star-Studded Climate Coalition (Published 2019)
2019-11-30 in The New York TimesTagged under: Coal | Climate Change
Russia's Taymyr plan: Arctic coal for India risks pollution - BBC News
2019-11-30 (or before) in BBCA huge wildlife haven is at risk as Russian coal ships exploit melting Arctic ice in Siberia.
Tagged under: India | Arctic | Coal | Wildlife | Ice Melting | Russia
China Set for Massive Coal Expansion in Threat to Climate Goals
2019-11-23 (or before) in BloombergChina has enough coal-fired power plants in the pipeline to match the entire capacity of the European Union, driving the expansion in global coal power and confounding the movement against the polluting fossil fuel, according to a report.
Tagged under: China | Coal | Climate Change
Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit
2019-11-20 in The Guardian‘We’re in a deep hole over the climate crisis and we need to stop digging,’ warn experts
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels
Financing the energy transition: Where's the money?
2019-11-18 (or before) in EURACTIVTagged under: Coal
Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study
2019-11-15 in The GuardianMillions of tonnes belched into atmosphere as bad as shipping and aviation emissions combined, researchers find
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Coal | Fossil Fuels
This is what it looks like when your government sells out the climate for votes | Katharine Murphy
2019-11-15 in The GuardianThe real reason the Coalition doesn’t want to talk about the climate is that its record is one of unmitigated shame and failure
Tagged under: Bushfires | Extreme Weather | Wildfires | Coal
Coal Mine Methane - Ember
2019-11-14 (or before) in Ember | Clean Energy Policy | Coal to clean energy policyTagged under: Methane | Coal | Climate Change
Climate change: do more now or risk catastrophe, warns energy agency
2019-11-13 in The GuardianIEA says deep disparity between words and action on climate change risks failing to cap global temperatures
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power
Climate change: Asia 'coal addiction' must end, UN chief warns - BBC News
2019-11-09 (or before) in The BBCAntónio Guterres says Asian countries must use greener energy sources to tackle the climate crisis.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
Are Employees Pushing Insurers to Shun Coal in Climate Change Movement?
2019-11-07 in Insurance Journal - Property Casualty Insurance NewsSeventeen insurers have restricted insurance services to coal projects in the past two years. A dozen insurers have adopted policies to stop all direct
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Insurance
Government under fire for approval of new coalmine in Cumbria
2019-11-03 in The GuardianDecision coincides with net-zero emissions review and is branded ‘backwards step’
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Net Zero
Repeat a lie often enough - Lock on laws passed in parliament - Frontline Action on Coal
2019-10-25 in Frontline Action on CoalYou know the saying, “Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth”. Various psychological studies over the years have found some validity in the theory, and on a daily basis around the world people try it out for various reasons and to various extents. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk seems to have stumbled across […]
Tagged under: Coal
US green economy has 10 times more jobs than the fossil fuel industry
2019-10-23 (or before) by in New ScientistTagged under: Economics | Coal
Firms ignoring climate crisis will go bankrupt, says Mark Carney
2019-10-13 in The GuardianBank of England governor warns of financial collapse linked to climate emergency
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Economics | Fossil Fuels | Collapse
Analysis: UK renewables generate more electricity than fossil fuels for first time - Carbon Brief
2019-10-13 in Carbon BriefIn the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated more electricity than coal, oil and gas put together.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | UK | Renewable Energy | Coal | Solar Energy | Wind Power | Electricity
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
2019-10-09 in The GuardianNew data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Africa | Chevron | Fossil Fuels | Middle East | Saudi Arabia | Aramco
Countries must triple climate emission cut targets to limit global heating to 2C
2019-09-22 in The GuardianUnited in Science report ahead of UN summit says climate is changing faster than forecast, and current plans would lead to ‘catastrophic’ global temperature rise
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Jacinda Ardern says Australia has to 'answer to Pacific' on climate change
2019-08-14 in The GuardianNew Zealand prime minister warns Scott Morrison about Canberra’s stance but refuses to call for Australia to transition out of coal
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Pacific Ocean
'Coal is over': the miners rooting for the Green New Deal
2019-08-12 in The GuardianAn area desperately in need of an economic transformation looks to new promise after Trump’s prove empty
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics
Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition'
2019-08-01 in The GuardianRedirecting small portion of subsidies would unleash clean energy revolution, says report
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels
So You Think We're Reducing Fossil Fuel Use? Think Again.
2019-07-21 (or before) by in ForbesIf you think we’re doing a good job of curbing fossil fuel use, you're mistaken. Oil production is exploding in America. Growth in coal in the developing world shows no sign of slowing, and gas has kicked into high gear most everywhere. Renewables are increasing slower. Nuclear and hydro are flat.
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Nuclear Power
"We Are in Deep Trouble": Carbon Emissions Break Record in Devastating Global Setback
2019-07-09 (or before) by in ScienceAlertGlobal energy experts released grim findings Monday, saying that not only are planet-warming carbon-dioxide emissions still increasing, but the world's growing thirst for energy has led to higher emissions from coal-fired power plants than ever befor
Tagged under: Coal
HMRC pushes steep VAT increase for new solar-battery systems
2019-06-24 in The GuardianTreasury proposes rise from 5% to 20%, while the tax on coal will stay at lower rate
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Batteries | Solar Energy | Coal
Trump ditches sole climate rule that aimed to reduce coal plant pollution
2019-06-19 in The GuardianAdministration to roll back Obama-era Clean Power Plan as experts say move shows Trump’s ‘determination to avoid action to address climate change’
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels | Barack Obama
Ex-BP boss John Browne: ‘It’s going to take a long time to take oil and coal out of the energy system’
2019-06-08 in The GuardianThe energy executive talks about fracking, Huawei and Greta Thunberg
Tagged under: BP | Greta Thunberg | Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Ryanair one of Europe's top polluters, EU data suggests - BBC News
2019-04-02 (or before) in The BBCIt is the first time a company not running a coal-fired power plant has come near the top of the ranking.
Tagged under: Air Travel | Coal | European Union
Global coal use up as greenhouse gas emissions rise
2019-03-26 in The GuardianYounger coal-fired power plants in Asia account for increase, says energy agency
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
Britain has its first new deep coal mine in decades – a result of pretending climate change isn't political
2019-03-23 (or before) by in The ConversationCumbria council has approved the £165m Woodhouse colliery – and highlighted the failings of national climate policy.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
Deep coal mine gets go ahead in Cumbria despite protests
2019-03-19 in The GuardianEnvironmental campaigners say backing for Woodhouse colliery cannot be justified
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | Activism
Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal
2019-03-06 in The GuardianThe mining company engaged Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm to push anti-renewables message and counter anti-coal activists
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Coal | Fossil Fuels | Activism
UK's initial progress on carbon cutting starts to slow
2019-03-04 in The GuardianEmissions fell for sixth year running in 2018, but reductions margins have shrunk
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fossil Fuels
'Very disappointed': Ministers berate coal miner over climate change commitment
2019-03-01 (or before) by in Australian Breaking News Headlines & World News Online | SMH.com.au"My colleagues have given companies like Glencore a lot of support and I think it's a kick in the guts for us," Coalition MP Michelle Landry said.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
'No Means No': the story of a 9-year Indigenous struggle against Adani mining : Peoples Dispatch
2019-02-11 by in peoplesdispatch.orgThe Wangan & Jagalingou have been relentlessly struggling to prevent Adani mining from taking over their ancestral land for the Carmichael project in the Galilee Basin, Australia’s largest reservoir of coal.
Tagged under: Coal
Landmark Australian ruling rejects coal mine over global warming
2019-02-11 (or before) in NatureThe case is the first time a mine has been refused in the country because of climate change. The case is the first time a mine has been refused in the country because of climate change.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
Trump ditches coal when hyping 'revolution in American energy' in SOTU speech
2019-02-05 by in The HillPresident Trump did not mention coal when he declared Tuesday night that his administration has “unleashed a revolution in American energy” that has lead to historic energy export highs and economic grow
Tagged under: Economic Growth | Donald Trump | Coal | Economics
Trump replacement for Obama climate plan worse than doing nothing – study
2019-01-16 in The GuardianAdministration’s alternative to clean power plan would let emissions ‘rebound’ via coal-fired power plants, researchers find
Tagged under: Donald Trump | Coal | Barack Obama | US Politics
How China’s Big Overseas Initiative Threatens Global Climate Progress
2019-01-10 (or before) in Yale E360China’s Belt and Road Initiative is a colossal infrastructure plan that could transform the economies of nations around the world. But with its focus on coal-fired power plants, the effort could obliterate any chance of reducing emissions and tip the world into catastrophic climate change.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world's biggest investors
2018-12-10 in The GuardianUN summit urged to end all coal burning and introduce substantial taxes on emissions
Tagged under: Coal
Protesters disrupt US panel's fossil fuels pitch at climate talks
2018-12-10 in The GuardianOfficial event praising coal, oil and gas met with laughter and chants of ‘shame on you’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | US Politics | Activism
The Guardian view on climate change: too much, too soon | Editorial
2018-12-05 in The GuardianEditorial: We are losing the war against climate change; the use of fossil fuels is driving higher carbon emissions when they need to be coming down
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Bolsonaro | Arctic | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Policies of China, Russia and Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds
2018-11-16 by Jonathan Watts in The GuardianRanking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming
Tagged under: China | Canada | Russia | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry, climate report finds
2018-11-14 in The GuardianCoal, oil and gas subsidies risking rise in global temperatures to 3.2C, well beyond agreed Paris goal
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change (Published 2018)
2018-08-01 by in The New York TimesWe knew everything we needed to know, and nothing stood in our way. Nothing, that is, except ourselves. A tragedy in two acts.
Tagged under: CO2 | US Politics | Climate Change | Exxon | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Economics
Anti-coal protesters arrested after storming climate change sceptic's land
2015-10-26 in The GuardianNine held by police after blocking entrance to mine on Lord Ridley’s Northumberland estate and forcing operations to shut down
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Activism | Disinformation and Misinformation
Keep fossil fuels in the ground to stop climate change | George Monbiot
2015-03-10 in The GuardianGeorge Monbiot: Once coal, oil and gas are produced, they will be used. And yet, after 23 years of UN negotiations there have been almost no steps taken to stop the production – rather than the use of – fossil fuels
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
Leave fossil fuels buried to prevent climate change, study urges
2015-01-07 in The GuardianNew research is first to identify which reserves must not be burned to keep global temperature rise under 2C, including over 90% of US and Australian coal and almost all Canadian tar sands
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Fossil Fuels
What It Would Really Take to Reverse Climate Change
2014-11-18 in IEEE SpectrumToday’s renewable energy technologies won’t save us. So what will?
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Coal | Climate Change | Economics | Innovation | Carbon Capture and Storage
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