US climate envoy singles out coal; US utility to close Ohio plant 5 years early; Floods increase pressure on Germany; Indian regulator opens door for distribution utilities to dump old contracts; International Energy Agency warns of coal generation rebound.
Three Philippines coal plants dropped; global business lobby group flags coal-free supply chain; US crop yields climb after coal closures; huge methane plume over Australian coal field.
Cancellations of Chinese-backed international coal projects; mixed G7 results on coal policy; Canada all but rules out thermal coal projects; NSW agency urges rejection of new mine.
Polish utility abandons proposed mine; Australian company admits to billion litre water grab; US utility subpoenaed for records over Ohio coal bailout scandal.
US utility to shut 6000 MW of coal plants by 2035; Philippines project abandoned; Australian mine plan scrapped; conversion plans for Engie’s Chilean coal plants.
European Union carbon price soars; South Korea ends support for new overseas coal plants; Greece brings coal end date forward; another Japanese coal plant cancelled; Queensland agency recommends rejection of coal mine.
China’s coal plant building spree saw global capacity rise in 2020; Indian state rules out more coal plants, considers phase-out of existing fleet; Russia short-term slashes coal production forecast; South 32 pays to offload its South African thermal coal mines.
Hungary and Japanese trading houses accelerate #coal exit; China’s five-year plan omits new commitments; Alberta First Nations groups call for federal review of proposed metallurgical coal mine.
Glencore surrenders Colombian mines; South32 mine rejected over water losses; public backlash forces Alberta retreat; Cambodian coal ash plant closed; mine and power plants closures in US and New Zealand.