New study offers roadmap for coal phase-out
Canberra – Coal will need to be phased out of the world’s economy to meet the climate change challenge, but this can work properly only if social objectives and local stakeholders are involved in...
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New York to make power plants coal-free by 2020
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that his state intends to end all coal-fired power plants by 2020. The move is part of an overall strategy to reduce state-wide greenhouse gas emissions by...
Over half of EU coal plants are losing money
54 per cent of all coal plants in the EU are running at a loss, and that figure is set to rise to an overwhelming 97 per cent by 2030, finds a new Carbon...
Coal pollution kills 23,000 each year in EU
A new report shows that coal-burning EU countries are responsible for nearly 23,000 premature deaths each year – and those deaths are occurring in neighbouring countries as the harmful dust caused by coal plants...
