CoalWire 511, April 25, 2024
Indian regulator found securities breaches by Adani investors; contract for lignite unit in Bosnia and Herzegovina cancelled; US study on health impacts of coal dust from rail wagons.
CoalWire 510, April 18, 2024
Coal mine methane emissions underreported in Germany and Australia; China continues to dominate new coal capacity; Indian court orders Adani to redo community consultation on mine; Canadian court orders release of documents on coal policy change.
CoalWire 509, April 11, 2024
Hyundai scraps Indonesian aluminium deal; Canadian court rejects coal compensation claim; European court finds states have human rights obligations to act on climate threat; US restores citizens coal mine complaints rule.
CoalWire 508, April 4, 2024
Three US coal plant closures announced; Bulgarian coal generation collapses; Australian resources agency warns of green steel threat to metallurgical coal demand.
CoalWire 507, March 28, 2024
US funding for steelworks conversion; corporate donors to Indian political parties revealed; report details Australian coal sector’s water woes; South African court orders Eskom to disclose coal contracts; report reveals only one global bank with limits on support for coal-based steel projects.
CoalWire 506, March 21, 2024
Court annuls Polish mine permit; Coal power in Canadian province to end six years early; Turkiye backtracks on land for mine expansion; Bulgarian court cancels permit of lignite plant.
CoalWire 505, March 14, 2024
Indonesia’s coal methane emissions underreported; Canada & US agree to investigate Elk Valley pollution; China endorses weak energy intensity target; UK company pitches Bangladesh mine plan to government.
CoalWire 504, March 7, 2024
UK govt documents reveal met coal mine approved despite steel sector switch; coal companies to defend South African silicosis class action; high fossil fuel costs hit Pakistan’s economic growth; Indian private power producers pitch for government lending support.
CoalWire 503, February 29, 2024
China at risk of breaching climate commitments; UK prosecutor drops charges against mine protesters; pensioners file a lawsuit against South Korea’s National Pension Service; another Bangladeshi coal ship sank; US coal generation slumps.
CoalWire 502, February 22, 2024
Colombia proposes bill to ban new coal; Canadian MP proposes a bill to ban thermal coal exports; the growing public health toll of Indonesia’s nickel boom and associated captive coal plants.
CoalWire 501, February 15, 2024
New Indonesian President has close ties to coal; European coal generation collapsed in 2023; new charges in Ohio utility scandal; uproar in Chhattisgarh parliament over approval for coal mines in Hasdeo Arand forest.
CoalWire 500, February 8, 2024
Indian tribunal overturns coal mine permit; China moves to require big power users to buy green energy; Poland set to drop legal challenges against EU climate policies.
CoalWire 499, February 1, 2024
Coal cuts improve Europe’s air quality; report says batteries undermine coal generation; coal production in a US coal basin plummets as coal plants close.
CoalWire 498, January 25, 2024
Holes in India’s air pollution plan implementation; growing shareholder opposition to Sasol’s climate plan; another Bangladesh coal ship sinks; report finds few Asian banks restrict coal lending.
CoalWire 497, January 18, 2024
Poland signals support for stronger climate action; last Slovakian coal plant to close in June; IEA points to renewables surge; Bulgarian minister says government won’t close coal plants, the market will.
CoalWire 496, January 11, 2024
South African power plan panned; US coal production to plummet in 2024; PM of Bosnia and Herzegovina announces the proposed Tuzla 7 lignite unit won't proceed.
CoalWire 495, December 21, 2023
Solar and wind to eclipse US coal power; Energy Community raps three countries over coal pollution.
CoalWire 494, December 14, 2023
New Chinese plan to cut coal use to improve air quality; COP28 flags transition from fossil fuels; new Polish government sworn in; US groups call for ban on use of coal ash for fill and in landscaping.
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 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.