CoalWire 492, November 30, 2023
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.
CoalWire 488, November 2, 2023
Kazakhstan mine disaster; US coal plant closes four years early; whistleblower lawsuit alleges falsified costs on US CCS plant.
CoalWire 487, October 26, 2023
International Energy Agency says faster solar rollout would slash coal use; call to protect Vietnam’s environment defenders; renewed push for coal mine adjoining South Africa's Kruger National Park.
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 481, September 7, 2023
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.
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 468, June 1, 2023
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.
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 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 459, March 30, 2023
Japanese NGOs call for suspension of Indonesian plant funding during trial; China’s rooftop solar surge; former New South Wales minister sentenced over coal deal; renewables pass coal generation in the US for the first time in 2022.
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.