Coal power fell in 2019; use of US coal plants slides further; Chinese steel giant pursues hydrogen.
Japanese minister challenges support for Vietnam plant; US city backs end for coal port; Germany weakens coal exit deal.
Philippines President backs renewables over coal; Eskom drags South Africa down; European bank moots fossil fuels exit.
Indonesian utility head resigns; Taiwan orders coal closures; New data highlights renewables undermining existing coal; coal plants identified as major driver of Western Balkans air pollution; Mongolia likely to defer coal mine part-privatisation.
UN head says no new coal after 2020; Philippines ruling casts doubt over 7 new plants; UK coal-free records keep tumbling.
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.
Coal pipeline keeps shrinking; South Korea suspends plant upgrades; QBE shifts ground; Mongolian coal fiasco.
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.
Coal cuts flagged in Indonesian Presidential campaign; Australian mine rejected over climate; 2000 MW UK plant to close.
Canadian coal port scrapped; Japanese utility drops 2000 MW coal plant; European coal power declines.
South Korean funds rule out Adani; Zimbabwean coal company collapses; Russian Arctic shipping deal.
Philippines coal plant canned; Swiss Re begins coal retreat; over 200 arrests at Czech mine protest; HSBC and Standard Chartered are making a killing on coal in Southeast Asia.
Australian coal terminal scrapped; Turkish public backs clean energy; India looks to boost clean energy target; China’s solar cap to drive costs down.
RBS ends loans for new coal plants and thermal coal mines; Polish coke plant to close; US council requires coal stockpiles to be enclosed.
New South African power plan nears; Swedish ‘green steel’ pilot plant; outlook for Adani sours.
Insurance companies and banks in Germany, Japan and Belgium cut coal exposure; Spanish utility may exit coal by 2020; Adani Power’s losses in India climb.
South Korean province aims for coal-free power; UK vetoes new mine; Bulgarian court blocks plant expansion; mass rally against NSW coal mining; Coal India fined US$1.3 billion for breaching licences;
UK coal use plunges; US shift accelerates; financial crisis looms for Indian utilities; South African court win..
Indonesia: outrage over deaths of 25 children in abandoned coal pits; Colombian coal seeks friends.