Court annuls Polish mine permit; Coal power in Canadian province to end six years early; Turkiye backtracks on land for mine expansion; Bulgarian court cancels permit of lignite plant.
UK govt documents reveal met coal mine approved despite steel sector switch; coal companies to defend South African silicosis class action; high fossil fuel costs hit Pakistan’s economic growth; Indian private power producers pitch for government lending support.
China at risk of breaching climate commitments; UK prosecutor drops charges against mine protesters; pensioners file a lawsuit against South Korea’s National Pension Service; another Bangladeshi coal ship sank; US coal generation slumps.
New Indonesian President has close ties to coal; European coal generation collapsed in 2023; new charges in Ohio utility scandal; uproar in Chhattisgarh parliament over approval for coal mines in Hasdeo Arand forest.
Coal cuts improve Europe’s air quality; report says batteries undermine coal generation; coal production in a US coal basin plummets as coal plants close.
Holes in India’s air pollution plan implementation; growing shareholder opposition to Sasol’s climate plan; another Bangladesh coal ship sinks; report finds few Asian banks restrict coal lending.
Poland signals support for stronger climate action; last Slovakian coal plant to close in June; IEA points to renewables surge; Bulgarian minister says government won’t close coal plants, the market will.
New coal starts stall outside China; US court overturns mine permit; US pollution study finds coal-based fine particle pollution deadlier than previously thought; protest shuts Australian port for two days.
Indonesia aims to delay coal closures; Eskom losses grow; US coal power plumbs new lows; China releases methane emissions plan that lacks reduction targets.
US call to regulate coal train dust pollution; Bulgaria submits EU just transition plan; largest investor in Adani Power revealed as a company with one shareholder; Australian govt report forecasts limited seaborne thermal coal growth.
Indonesia's new captive coal plants delay just transition plan; documents put the spotlight on Adani transactions; European coal generation plummets in the first half of 2023.
US groups celebrate the expiry of a permit for a US coal-to-diesel plant; India approves unnecessary coal plants; Turkish President drawn into controversy over mine expansion; US utility under investigation by Ohio organised crime unit.
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.
Canadian study reveals long-distance travel of toxic coal dust; UK regulator orders halt at Welsh mine; study estimates 182,000 avoided deaths from accelerated Indonesian coal phaseout.
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.
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.
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.