Coal
Climate vulnerable Philippines plans huge bet on coal
NEWS: Extreme weather events linked to climate change represent a huge risk for Manila, but green groups say the government is embracing dirty energy
Germany coal protest in pictures
NEWS: Organisers say 1,000 activists got into RWE’s opencast lignite mine in Rhineland, Germany on Saturday and halted diggers
Coal giant Glencore set for ‘calamitous’ profit slump
CRIB NOTES AUG 17-21: Commodities rout accelerates, OPEC poised to boost oil supply, UK slashes GHG emissions
Activists to halt diggers at RWE coalfields in Germany
NEWS: Organisers expect a thousand people from across Europe to target opencast lignite mine, a major source of emissions
Kiribati president calls for moratorium on coal mines
NEWS: Anote Tong urges aggressive push to stop carbon emissions from coal use and save his low-lying islands from rising seas
Australian coal is no answer to India’s energy needs
COMMENT: Adani and GVK’s controversial mines in the Galilee Basin are not the cure to energy poverty, says retired top Indian official
Poland’s resurging right bids to stem coal decline
NEWS: Incoming president Andrzej Duda’s Law & Justice party wants to rescue ailing mines, in a break from EU low carbon agenda
Australian court overturns Adani coal mega-mine approval
NEWS: Government failed to consider yakka skink and ornamental snake in permit for AU$16 billion Carmichael mine, judge finds
What does the US clean power plan mean for coal?
ANALYSIS: It won’t speed up the US coal phase-out, but the flagship climate policy does kick an ailing sector, with global lessons
Coal is choking India’s cities, economy and the world’s climate
NEWS: New Climate Economy report urges New Delhi government to ease finance for renewables and cut reliance on polluting fuels
‘Tsunami of litigation’ against Obama climate plan will fail, say NGOs
NEWS: Curbs on power plant emissions on solid legal foundation, say legal experts at environmental groups
Coal giant Peabody posts $1bn second quarter losses
NEWS: The US coal sector is being squeezed by divestment campaigns and oversupply in global markets
Green Climate Fund partners with Deutsche Bank to green fury
NEWS: German giant’s financing of global coal projects prompts environmentalists to question UN fund’s integrity
Banks urged to halt coal finance before Paris summit
NEWS: Campaign rounds on financial institutions to desert dirtiest fuel in symbolic gesture before crunch UN talks
Coal is not as cheap as you think, says OECD chief
NEWS: Resist urge to build new coal-fired plants now, or strand more assets later, Angel Gurria tells countries
Why South Australia is eyeing a renewable future
INTERVIEW: Jay Weatherill, state premier, tells RTCC how regions can out-green their national governments
Controversial Australia coal mega-mine hangs in the balance
NEWS: Indian conglomerate Adani has suspended engineering work on the Carmichael project, raising speculation it could pull out
Sunny outlook for solar overshadowed by coal – Bloomberg
NEWS: Emissions from coal threaten dangerous levels of global warming despite surge in renewable investment, analysts warn
Gas plants and cars bring ‘carbon lock-in’ risk – study
NEWS: Investing in fossil fuel infrastructure undermines the shift to a low carbon economy, researchers warn – and it’s not just coal
Coal protest highlights danger to Great Barrier Reef
NEWS: Aboriginal elders and residents oppose Abbot Point port expansion as Unesco mulls “in danger” status for unique coral ecosystem