CoalWire 408, March 10, 2022
US bans Russian coal imports; South African coal plant dropped; gender justice in coal transition.
CoalWire 407, March 3, 2022
Sanctions hit Russian coal sector and reshape European transition; AES to dump 7100 MW coal fleet by the end of 2025.
CoalWire 389, October 7, 2021
Indian plants stockpiles run low; German plant runs out of coal; Panama pitches for coal plant conversion.
CoalWire 386, September 16, 2021
World’s coal plant pipeline shrinks; US clean energy bill advances; Australian court rejects mining company appeal; Illinois sets 2038 closure date for all but one coal plant; latest draft of Vietnam’s energy strategy increases coal, cuts renewables.
CoalWire 375, July 1, 2021
North Macedonia sets 2027 coal end date; Chile’s lower house votes for 2026 coal exit; Banks Group gives up on UK project; US coal port plan dead.
CoalWire 336, August 28, 2020
South Korean & Chilean bills to curb #coal power; Cambodian union leader backs renewables; Storebrand dumps coal stocks; lawsuit against US utility over Ohio scandal; Report estimates Australian coal plants kill almost 800 a year.
CoalWire 333, August 6, 2020
First drop in coal plant capacity; Bangladesh backtracks on coal plans; scrutiny of utilities’ political spending grows; South African tribunal sets aside water licences for proposed coal plant.
CoalWire 331, July 23, 2020
Arrests over Ohio bailout scandal; Portugal accelerates coal exit; Polish coal sector set for shakeup; Indian utility fined US$1.3 million over coal ash disaster.
CoalWire 323, May 21, 2020
Coal burns Bangladesh’s finances; COVID-19 outbreaks in Czech Republic and Philippines mines; Poland investigates coal consolidation; Mongolia offers coal plant to Rio Tinto.
CoalWire 279, June 13, 2019
Legal setback for Adani; Austria to exit coal power in 2020; Norway to dump US$5.8 billion in coal stocks; Indonesian anti-corruption agency completes investigation of utility head.
CoalWire 274, May 9, 2019
Indonesian utility head named as corruption suspect; ex Malaysian PM on trial; Italian insurance company says no on Polish mine; Norwegian fund dumps more coal.
CoalWire 266, March 7, 2019
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.
CoalWire 261, January 31, 2019
Germany’s coal exit plan; Japanese plant drops coal; Nedbank ends support for new South African plants.
CoalWire 250, October 18, 2018
Planned plants in Taiwan and India shelved; plant closures in India and Poland; Trump coal bailout plan dropped.
CoalWire 237, July 12, 2018
Indian coal port closed due to uncovered coal; Norway drops Buffet company; Canadian CCS plan scrapped; Administrative appeal against Taiwanese plant; US officials accuse Canada of covering up coal pollution data.
CoalWire 219, March 1, 2018
Eskom anti-corruption investigation was shut down before completion; GE’s losing bet on fossil fuels; Court castigates Poland over pollution; UNICEF alarmed at Mongolian coal pollution; Vietnamese officials grapple with Vinh Tan pollution.
CoalWire 209, November 23, 2017
Australia, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Serbia, South Africa, US,
CoalWire 206, November 2, 2017
UN agency says coal plants must go; closing young coal plants; delay coal port expansion says Indian state.
CoalWire 173, March 9, 2017
UK coal use plunges; US shift accelerates; financial crisis looms for Indian utilities; South African court win..