Air pollution hits India’s wheat crop; South African Cabinet approves new coal; Russian bank flags divestment risks.
Indian state rejects more coal plants; Montenegro axes lignite plant expansion; NSW rejects mine; Greek court win; South Korean advisory body proposes extending summertime coal shutdown; Swedish consortium promotes fossil-fuel-free steel plant.
Japanese coal plant deferred; contractor dumps Adani; loans for Indian plants plummet.
Komatsu feels coal chill; Germany to tender for closures; 2000 coal miners stood down in Russia, 600 in the US.
Kenyan court blocks Lamu plant; coal finance restrictions bite; India announces huge 2030 renewables target boost.
Indonesian utility head resigns; Taiwan orders coal closures; New data highlights renewables undermining existing coal; coal plants identified as major driver of Western Balkans air pollution; Mongolia likely to defer coal mine part-privatisation.
Asian bank flags coal funding end; Taiwan plant fined over pollution; US courts overturn two Trump coal moves; Puerto Rico bans use of coal after 2028; new coal plant growth in India slows; Standard Bank rules out funding for two new South African plants.
Study finds most US coal power uneconomic; Navajo Nation refuse to buy old coal plant; China plans to exclude coal from 'green’ bonds.
Indonesia cuts solar role; spotlight on Eskom’s Chinese loan; UN says clean air a human right; report finds nearly all US coal ash dams leak one or more toxics; legal action launched to block new Polish mine.
Court rejects Turkish plant; Eskom bailout; 100 plus financial institutions cut coal exposure.
Coal plants scrapped in Pakistan, Japan and Turkey; Indonesian ex-Minister charged; Chinese imports slump.
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.
Indonesian Minister resigns over coal scandal; over 480,000 back Taiwan coal plant referendum; US coal ash court win.
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.
Arrests stall Indonesian plant; Drummond executive convicted of corruption; Polish mercury data challenged.
Philippines coal plant canned; Swiss Re begins coal retreat; over 200 arrests at Czech mine protest; HSBC and Standard Chartered are making a killing on coal in Southeast Asia.
Insurance companies and banks in Germany, Japan and Belgium cut coal exposure; Spanish utility may exit coal by 2020; Adani Power’s losses in India climb.
Vietnamese clean air advocate wins Goldman Prize; historic win in Russia; two Japanese coal plants in doubt; India’s new energy plan trims coal growth; Another legal setback for US coal port plan; Indian coal over-invoicing investigation revived.
China crimps coal imports; seaborne market set to decline; Eskom’s coal supply crisis.