CoalWire 483, September 21, 2023
Welsh council rejects mine; UK funds coal-free steel plant switch; Colombia, Panama join Powering Past Coal Alliance; Thungela to appeal South African Water Tribunal rejection of mine water licence.
CoalWire 482, September 14, 2023
International Energy Agency brings fossil fuels peaks forward by years; Sasol water permit denied; study reveals health cost of Indonesian coal plant.
CoalWire 478, August 17, 2023
Court rules in favour of Montana youth on energy projects; South African court grants injunction against coal company; Adani Ports auditor quits.
CoalWire 476, August 3, 2023
Study finds heart health gains after US coke plant closed; India drops plan to auction coal block in Hasdeo Arand forest; permit for coal plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended pending court decision.
CoalWire 474, July 18, 2023
Big US coal plant to close early; Poland offers to buy coal mines & plants from state-owned utilities; Indonesia pushes for G20 OK on coal lending as sustainable; Australian banks refuse to refinance A$1 billion loan for Whitehaven Coal.
CoalWire 471, June 22, 2023
Question marks over CCS; Poland’s push to extend coal subsidies; report says coal-free steel industry possible by 2045; South Korean steel industry wants changes to EU carbon border adjustment plan; call for sanctions enforcement against Australian company with Russian coal mine.
CoalWire 469, June 8, 2023
German plan to subsidise ‘green’ steel switch; Vietnam arrests another climate advocate; how an insurance professional helped stop a massive coal mine; India cracks down on critics of coal.
CoalWire 468, June 1, 2023
China emissions peak nears with solar surge; Indonesian power glut puts a question mark over proposed new units; South African court orders coal company to withdraw machinery pending decision; Vietnam’s new power plan sets deadline for proposed coal plants.
CoalWire 464, May 4, 2023
Canadian mine proposal abandoned; study finds air pollution spike from coal trains; Italian insurer abandons Czech-owned utility over coal.
CoalWire 462, April 20, 2023
G7 baulks at 2030 coal exit; UK Lords vote to ban new coal mines; Denmark dumps Energy Charter Treaty; Global coal mine capacity increased in 2022; Colombian President warns against coal as NGOs express alarm over proposed projects.
CoalWire 457, March 16, 2023
European court rules against Bulgaria over coal plant pollution; questions over Vietnam transition; jury convicts two in Ohio power utility scandal; ruling soon on South African government appeal in ‘deadly air’ case.
CoalWire 445, March 2, 2023
China coal plant boom in 2022; Bulgarian raids over underreported coal emissions; arrests in Serbia over coal plant contract; South African gov't to take on half of Eskom's debt; US fine particle pollution kills 3800 a year; report finds Russian fossil fuel exports underpinned by European shipping.