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S.Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plant
Middelburg,South Africa (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy. Two years later, plans to repurpose the country's oldest coal power plant have amounted to little in a process that offers caution and lessons for countries intending to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and switch to renewables. Jobs have been lost and construction for wind and solar ... read more |
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Renewables revolt in Sardinia, Italy's coal-fired islandCagliari, Italy (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 The bolts securing the towering wind turbine were unscrewed under cover of darkness, an act of sabotage symbolising a vehement pushback against renewable energy in Sardinia. ... more 
UK government announces ban on new coal minesLondon (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 The UK announced Thursday that it would introduce legislation to ban new coal mines, as the Labour government ramps up its plans to make Britain a clean energy leader. ... more 
S. Africa offers a lesson on how not to shut down a coal plantMiddelburg,South Africa (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy. ... more 
Can carbon credits help close coal plants?Bangkok (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries can quit the polluting fossil fuel. ... more |
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Coal phase-out fuels far right in rural eastern GermanySpremberg, Germany (AFP) Sept 17, 2024 White clouds still billow from the cooling towers of a coal plant near Spremberg in Germany's ex-communist east but the end is in sight as Berlin phases out the dirty fossil fuel. ... more
UK blocks approval of first coal mine in 30 yearsLondon (AFP) Sept 13, 2024 Environmental campaigners on Friday claimed a "huge victory" after a court ruling overturned a decision to allow planning permission for the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years. ... more 
China coal production threatens climate goalsBangkok (AFP) Sept 10, 2024 China's planned expansion of coal mining threatens the country's climate goals and risks vastly increasing its methane emissions, a study warned on Tuesday. ... more 
Coal generates less than 50% of Australian electricity for first timeSydney (AFP) Sept 4, 2024 Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to a record low as renewable production surged, data showed Wednesday. ... more
China mining accident kills 8: state mediaBeijing (AFP) Aug 21, 2024 mining accident in southwest China on Wednesday killed eight people, according to state media. ... more |
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Swiss mining giant Glencore drops plan to exit coal
Zurich (AFP) Aug 7, 2024 Swiss commodities giant Glencore announced Wednesday that it had decided against spinning off its coal business for now after consulting shareholders who view the polluting fossil fuel as a cash-generating activity. Glencore completed its takeover of the steelmaking coal unit of Teck Resources in July following a protracted battle over the business with the Canadian company. The Swiss commodities trading and mining group had considered merging the newly acquired business, Elk Valley Resources, w ... read more
Vietnam coal mine collapse kills fiveHanoi (AFP) July 30, 2024 A coal mine collapsed near Vietnam's Ha Long Bay after heavy rain killing five people, state media reported Tuesday. ... more |
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Indonesia's big coal firms overlooking methane emissions: report Jakarta (AFP) July 29, 2024 Coal firms in major CO2 emitter Indonesia are overlooking planet-warming methane emissions, obscuring the full environmental impact of their operations, according to a report published Monday. ... more
Last Polish miner missing after tremor found aliveWarsaw (AFP) July 13, 2024 The last Polish coal miner missing after a tremor was found alive Saturday, the mining company said, two days after the earthquake killed one and injured 17 more. ... more
New UK coal mine plans appear doomed under new governmentLondon (AFP) July 12, 2024 Contentious plans to open the UK's first new coal mine in decades appeared doomed Friday after it emerged the new Labour government will not defend the project's previous approval in court. ... more
17 miners injured, 2 missing in Polish coal mine tremorWarsaw (AFP) July 11, 2024 A tremor in a coal mine in southern Poland on Thursday left 17 miners injured and two others missing, the mine operator told Polish media. ... more
Coal reliance growing in Philippines, Indonesia: reportBangkok (AFP) July 2, 2024 Coal accounts for a growing share of electricity generation in the Philippines and Indonesia, which are failing to ramp up renewables fast enough, a new report has warned. ... more |
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