Coal prices are soaring, hitting $462 per tonne today, up from $186 on the 23rd of February and likely to pass $500 this year. Russia is Europe’s largest supplier of thermal…Continue readingOld King Coal: price reaches highest level in more than 200 years, on track for $500
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Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani are profiting from a surge in global commodity prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, burnishing their fossil-fuel credentials even as Asia’s richest men…Continue readingCoal, oil price surges on Ukraine war make Asia’s richest richer
Brussels has given the green light for the EU to burn more coal over the next decade as it tries to end the use of Russian gas and oil.…Continue readingEU accepts it will burn more coal in move away from Russian gas
India has relaxed environmental compliance rules for coal mines seeking to ramp up production as power outages exacerbate a sweltering heatwave, a government notice showed. Coal makes up more…Continue readingIndia relaxes environment rules for coal mines, citing heatwave
An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, with acute power shortages affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels. Supplies of coal…Continue readingHeat wave sparks blackouts, questions on India’s coal usage
The world has more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants, for a total capacity of nearly 2,100 gigawatts (GW). An additional 176GW of coal capacity is under construction at more…Continue readingBoom and Bust Coal 2022
Chinese leaders pledged ahead of climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, last November to peak national emissions before 2030 and stop building coal power plants abroad. A study published Friday…Continue readingWith coal surge, China puts energy security and growth before climate
China is in the throes of a building boom to jump start its economy. The government of President Xi Jinping has “scrambled in recent months to try to reverse…Continue readingChina doubles down on coal
A $400 million coal mine expansion that would result in almost half a billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions has been conditionally approved by New South Wales planning authorities.…Continue readingNarrabri coal mine expansion gets final approval from NSW planning commission
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country’s top economic planner, will launch special investigation into the implementation of medium- and long-term contracts signed by coal suppliers in…Continue readingMedium- and long-term contracts signed by Chinese coal suppliers shall account for over 80% of their resources: economic planner
China will help its coal-fired power plants run at full capacity, the government has announced, raising further alarm about the fate of Beijing’s climate pledges. It was decided in…Continue readingChinese government to help run coal power plants at full capacity
From the U.S. to China, in Europe, India and Japan, fossil fuels are staging a comeback, clean energy stocks are taking a hammering, and the prospects for speeding the…Continue readingThe great climate backslide: How governments are regressing worldwide
China’s coal production reached record levels last year as the state encouraged miners to ramp up their fossil fuel output to safeguard the country’s energy supplies through the winter…Continue readingChina’s coal production hit record levels in 2021
China, under fire for approving new coal power stations as other countries try to curb greenhouse gases, has completed the first 1,000-megawatt unit of the Shanghaimiao plant, the biggest…Continue readingChina fires up giant coal power plant in face of calls for cuts
After falling in 2019 and 2020, global power generation from coal is expected to jump by 9% in 2021 to an all-time high. Depending on weather patterns and economic…Continue readingCoal power’s sharp rebound is taking it to a new record in 2021, threatening net zero goals
Coal combustion for power generation made up 30% of global CO2 emissions in 2018. To achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement to keep global average temperatures below 2°C,…Continue readingStudy – The Expanding Coal Power Fleet in Southeast Asia
The world likely will generate more electricity from the dirtiest source this year than ever before, indicating just how far the energy transition still needs to run in the…Continue readingThe world is burning the most coal ever to keep the lights on
Hopes for a cleaner future have been fired by pledges from top coal consumer China and other countries to go carbon neutral, but much of the region is making…Continue reading‘Running out of time’: Asia struggles to kick coal addiction
China’s promise to stop financing coal power abroad is a positive step, but researchers say the emissions savings pale in comparison to those from its domestic coal use. “China…Continue readingChina’s pledge on overseas coal — by the numbers
Maps of fossil-fueled power plants’ CO2 emissions. Taller spikes indicate that plants emit CO2 at higher levels. Colors signify plants’ primary fuels (blue = coal, yellow = natural gas,…Continue readingReducing CO₂ emissions by targeting the world’s hyper-polluting power plants
Carbon dioxide emissions from the global electric power sector rebounded in the first half of 2021 to above pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis, signalling that the world has…Continue readingGlobal electric power demand returns to pre-pandemic levels