Up to now, it has been only thermal coal that has come the attack from climate change fighters, but now metallurgical coal is also coming under the microscope of a group of ten organisations that established a global thermal coal exit list in 2017.
There are 206 coal-burning power plants left in the United States, which supply about 16 percent of the country’s energy. Experts say burning more doesn’t make financial sense.
Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.
The Coal-to-Clean Initiative is an effort to fund the early retirement of coal plants in emerging markets, urging public-private collaboration to achieve a just energy transition that limits global warming and supports sustainable growth.
Trump is also staffing his agencies with pro-coal administrators. The Energy Department last week rehired Steve Winberg, who was an assistant DOE secretary during Trump’s first term and is CEO of a group that supports retrofitting existing coal plants with carbon capture.
The hot, dry and windy weather that stoked this month’s destructive blazes will worsen without a transition away from atmosphere-warming fossil fuels, researchers say
A coal mining firm was told by BNZ that it would slowly have banking services withdrawn, culminating in the cancellation of credit cards and the closure of “all bank accounts” by 2030, forcing it to look for another bank.
The president said he’d declare an energy emergency, increase drilling and end support for electric cars. His pivot to oil and gas follows the hottest year in recorded history.
The Climate Council says coal outages are primary drivers of power shortage warnings, particularly in summer, and have contributed to some of the largest power price spikes along the eastern seaboard
President Donald Trump's return to office could bring some temporary relief to the beleaguered U.S. coal industry.
South Africa has a national strategy, funded by donors, to support a just transition - but plans remain patchy
With so much bad news about climate change lately, is it too late for the world to tackle the problem? Professor Felix Dodds and Chris Spence review the current state-of-play.