CoalWire 493, December 7, 2023
COP28 wrangles over coal wording; ex-US utility regulator charged; Cambodia scraps coal plant plan; Welsh mine finally closes; Russian company’s Arctic coal mine plan stalls.
CoalWire 490, November 16, 2023
China unveils capacity payment scheme; Teck sells coal division to Glencore; study estimates Philippines can end coal power by 2035.
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 479, August 24, 2023
Chinese official urges data clamp; US steel producer delays blast furnace work; British Columbia softens stance on transboundary selenium inquiry.
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 475, July 27, 2023
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.
CoalWire 473, July 6, 2023
US court suspends Montana laws; Indian coal auction attracts limited interest; Ohio’s ex-Speaker gets 20-year prison sentence over coal and nuclear bailout scandal.
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 467, May 25, 2023
US tightens coal ash loopholes; the costs of a Co2 pipeline leak; Indian plants face water stress; the Czech businessman behind EPH; Study finds legal cases hit value of stock exchange listed carbon emitters.
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 463, April 27, 2023
Court rejects New Zealand mine; Welsh mine operating beyond planning permit; most banks don’t exclude metallurgical coal; Colombian representatives file complaint against European utilities and ports; Indian groups hit by another government crackdown on NGOs.
Coalwire 456, March 9, 2023
Citi inches forward on coal policy; Adani welcomes Indian court-appointed panel; Greenpeace Poland points to coal mines as the cause of 2022 fish kill; European Union moves to soften coal mine methane regulation.
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.