Coal
- Climate crisis, Coal, Cop30, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, India, Pollution, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Huge energy challenges’: how can India make the leap to become a green, clean country?
As deadly heatwaves become more frequent, demand for life-saving cooling is further straining India’s generati…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable energy
Caught between a fossil fuel past and a green future, China’s coal miners chart an uncertain path
As the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter shifts to cleaner energy, some families fear being left behindGa…
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China’s coal heartland fighting for a greener future
Shanxi produces more coal than India. How will it survive in China’s clean energy future?Deep in the recesses …
- Asia Pacific, China, Coal, Energy, Environment, Europe, European Union, Fossil fuels, Renewable energy, World news
EU ambassador to China urges Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants
Jorge Toledo’s comments come after approvals for coal power projects increased in second half of 2024The EU’s …
- Asia Pacific, China, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, Renewable energy, Solar power, World news
China’s coal power habit undercuts ‘unprecedented pace’ of clean energy
Minimum quotas for purchase of coal power and new project approvals threaten major advances in renewable energ…
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Armed attackers storm Pakistan coal mines, killing at least 21
About 40 assailants fired rockets and hurled grenades at mines and miners’ quarters in country’s south-west, d…
- Business, Coal, Conservation, Energy, Environment, Environmental activism, Fishing, Fishing industry, Global development, Global economy, India, Marine life, Protest, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World Bank, World news
The Fisherman and the Banker: film charts Indian fishers’ fight with a giant
Documentary charts historic case of a community who sued arm of World Bank over a power plant’s impact on thei…
- Air pollution, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, India, Pollution, South and Central Asia, World news
Targeting India’s most harmful power plants could slash mortality
Study finds about a quarter of health burden comes from power stations that generate just 3% of country’s elec…
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China’s coal addiction puts spotlight on its climate ambitions before Cop28
Power shortages in recent years have tested country’s commitment to cutting reliance on coal-fired energyChina…
- Air pollution, Asia Pacific, Business, China, Chinese economy, Climate crisis, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuel divestment, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, World news
China continues coal spree despite climate goals
World’s biggest carbon emitter approving equivalent of two new coal plants a week, analysis showsChina is appr…
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New Zealand announces its biggest emissions reduction project in history
Move to power Glenbrook steel plant with electricity from renewables rather than coal will reduce emissions by…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, World news, Xi Jinping
China ramps up coal power despite carbon neutral pledges
Local governments approved more coal power in first three months of 2023 than all of 2021Local governments in …
- Asia Pacific, China, Coal, Energy, Energy industry, Environment, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions
China approves biggest expansion in new coal power plants since 2015, report finds
Concerns about energy shortages drive increase as projects progress at ‘extraordinary’ speedChina approved the…
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At least five killed in open-pit coalmine collapse in north China
Mining company operating in autonomous region of Inner Mongolia has history of safety violationsAt least five …
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Moment mine collapses in China’s Inner Mongolia region – video
CCTV footage shows a large part of an open-pit coalmine in the town of Alxa League collapsing, killing at leas…