Previously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new coalmine in Cumbria. When Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary,…
View More Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmineTag: Coal
World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds
Coal must be phased out seven times faster than is now happening, deforestation must be reduced four times faster, and public transport around the world…
View More World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds‘We became activists by necessity’: The fight to close the UK’s largest opencast mine
Chris and Alyson Austin have put on a spread. “It’s nothing special, just standard Valleys hospitality,” they each in turn insist, de-clingfilming dishes on their…
View More ‘We became activists by necessity’: The fight to close the UK’s largest opencast mineUK heatwave prompts order to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demand
National Grid has asked a coal-fired power station in the east Midlands to warm up to cope with extra electricity demand for air conditioning as…
View More UK heatwave prompts order to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demandDigging continues at controversial south Wales mine months after licence expires
Miners have continued to dig hundreds of tons a day from a controversial opencast coalmine in south Wales, months after its licence expired. Despite its…
View More Digging continues at controversial south Wales mine months after licence expiresNew US rules could stem emissions from coal and gas power plants
The US is set to impose new carbon pollution standards upon its coal- and gas-fired power plants, in a move that the Biden administration has…
View More New US rules could stem emissions from coal and gas power plantsChina ramps up coal power despite carbon neutral pledges
Local governments in China approved more new coal power in the first three months of 2023 than in the whole of 2021, according to official…
View More China ramps up coal power despite carbon neutral pledgesLords amendment to energy bill may stop new coalmines in England
An amendment to the energy bill currently going through the House of Lords means that it will not be possible to open a new coalmine…
View More Lords amendment to energy bill may stop new coalmines in EnglandPhaseout of coal power far too slow to avoid ‘climate chaos’, report finds
The world needs to close coal power plants at almost five times the present rate, as well as stop building new ones, in order to…
View More Phaseout of coal power far too slow to avoid ‘climate chaos’, report findsCelebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields
Famous names including Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance have joined activists and businesses in calling on the UK’s big five banks to stop…
View More Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields