All publications by tag «COAL»
2021, May, 26, 12:50:00
POLAND IGNORES THE CLIMATE
Poland on Monday defied an injunction by the European Union's top court that had ordered the immediate shut down of a major lignite mine in the border town of Turow.
2021, May, 25, 12:00:00
NO LIGNITE FOR POLAND
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ordered Poland to immediately stop lignite mining activities at the Turów open-pit mine near the Czech and German borders, following a lawsuit filed by Czechia over environmental concerns.
2021, May, 24, 12:55:00
COAL INVESTMENT DOWN
In a communique, which Reuters saw and reported on earlier, the Group of Seven nations - the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - plus the European Union said "international investments in unabated coal must stop now".
2021, May, 24, 12:50:00
GERMANY'S COAL REFUSAL
The German federal government published its updated Climate Protection Act on May 12, 2021.
2021, May, 21, 09:55:00
U.S. COAL PRODUCTION UP
The five-year average for week 19 is about flat with the most recent week at about 12.3 million st. Over 19 weeks, production was about 207 million st, up 3.3% from the year-ago period.
2021, May, 21, 09:40:00
SOUTH AFRICA'S COAL ENERGY 4.8 GW
The US$7bn power plant is located near the existing Kendal facility in the Nkangala District, Mpumalanga.
2021, May, 17, 11:35:00
INDIA'S COAL CLIMATE RISK
The last national electricity plan of 2018 predicts a renewable energy capacity of 275GW by 2027, with plans for significant coal capacity additions (to the order of 50GW) during 2017-2022 as well as 2022-27.
2021, May, 17, 11:30:00
GERMANY'S COAL REFUSING
Until now, Germany had targeted net-zero emissions by 2050. It has now committed to becoming carbon-negative by that date, meaning taking more carbon out of the atmosphere than it puts in.
2021, May, 5, 16:15:00
U.S. COAL EXPORTS UP
March coal exports were up 2.5% from 6.71 million mt in February and 9.7% higher than the year-ago month. It was the highest in a month since 7.01 million mt in September 2019.
2021, April, 23, 11:05:00
CHINA COAL WILL DOWN
"China has committed to move from carbon peak to carbon neutrality in a much shorter time span than what might take many developed countries, and that requires extraordinarily hard efforts from China,"
