CoalWire 259, December 20, 2018
IEA forecasts coal decline; Eskom faces overhaul; European bank dumps coal; Kenyan coal critics harassed.
CoalWire 258, December 13, 2018
Reject mine, NSW regulator urges; US court dismisses coal port challenge; Moody’s note of caution on Japanese and South Korean utilities.
CoalWire 257, December 6, 2018
Rising loses for Chinese utilities; US ‘clean coal’ scam; former Indian coal officials convicted.
CoalWire 256, November 29, 2018
Taiwan referendum reveals hostility to coal; renewables overtook coal in 2017; Eskom estimates annual death toll of 333.
CoalWire 255, November 22, 2018
Court blocks German plant; Hungary eyes coal phase-out; UK capacity scheme suspended; coal scandals in South Africa, US, Australia.
CoalWire 254, November 15, 2018
5000 protest Taiwan coal plants; US coal port lease cancelled; South African court axes mine permit.
CoalWire 253, November 8, 2018
South Korean funds rule out Adani; Zimbabwean coal company collapses; Russian Arctic shipping deal.
CoalWire 252, November 1, 2018
Vietnamese coal plant canned; coal’s role in unhealthy air; Drummond executive jailed; German coal protests grow and phase-out commission presses on; Indian panel seeks port enforcement on ban on coal imports for Delhi; Spanish Government reaches jobs deal on closure plan.
CoalWire 251, October 25, 2018
South Korean utility says 1000 MW Indonesian plant shelved; New Zealand coal mine rejected; Court rebuffs South African provincial government over rezoning move; US utility finds fast coal exit is the cheapest option; Myanmar villagers challenge military-linked mine plan.
CoalWire 250, October 18, 2018
Planned plants in Taiwan and India shelved; plant closures in India and Poland; Trump coal bailout plan dropped.
CoalWire 249, October 11, 2018
UN's clarion call on coal; US coal market collapsing; 50,000 march in Hambach
CoalWire 248, October 4, 2018
UN to call for deep coal cuts; Trump, Kavanaugh and coal; South Korea province powers past coal
CoalWire 247, September 27, 2018
China’s coal binge continues; Standard Chartered dumps coal; US coal ash dams flooded.
CoalWire 246, September 20, 2018
Major Japanese company plans coal cuts; Eskom seeks more pollution exemptions; wave of coal mine protests.
CoalWire 245, September 13, 2018
Controversy over Chinese projects in South Africa and Bangladesh; California to decarbonise by 2045; South African President Cyril Ramphosa’s bizarre power plan; Indian Supreme Court orders coal plants to meet pollution standards.
CoalWire 244, September 6, 2018
Ex-Chief Minister charged over Indian coal scandal; Indonesia hits pause button; European solar costs set to fall.
CoalWire 243, August 30, 2018
Indonesian Minister resigns over coal scandal; over 480,000 back Taiwan coal plant referendum; US coal ash court win.
CoalWire 242 August 23, 2018
Deadline looms on stressed Indian coal plants; Australian Govt implodes over coal; Malaysia looks to cut coal.
CoalWire 241, August 16, 2018
Official says Vietnamese public oppose new coal plants; Court rules Turkish mine needs assessment; Former lobbyist bemoans US coal industry’s PR woes; US methane emissions persist after mines closed.
CoalWire 240, August 9, 2018
Munich Re and Lloyds step back from coal; US coal use plummets; calls for Holcim coal spill clean-up; Chinese province to axe 3100 MW of existing coal units; Taiwan Government plan for new coal plant faces growing opposition; Philippines cement plant spilled 40 tonnes of coal into ocean.