Sit down, coal. For the first time, renewables dominate coal in the US
Coal's drop this year has truly been remarkable
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Farewell to coal? Experts forecast big drop in new coal-fired power plants
It just doesn't make sense to keep on investing in coal.
China is still moving ahead with coal power despite climate crisis
The country accounts for about half of the world’s coal production and consumption
How coal is formed
It's a recipe that requires lots of dead plants, cooked at high pressure and temperature for millions of years.
Portugal says farewell to coal as it closes last remaining plant
The country already has a lot of renewables as part of its energy transition
The Philippines declares ‘no new coal plants’ but campaigners say it’s not enough
The plan won't apply to coal projects already in the works, however.
Power companies are hindering the transition to renewable energy
Inertia in the system means that fossil fuel investments are still being prioritized.
Europe increasingly focuses on coal-free future
Europe gradually starts to say goodbye to coal energy
Sweden waves goodbye to its last coal plant — two years in advanced
As Europe is increasingly looking at ways to shift away from coal, Sweden has a solid head start.
Decommissioning coal-fired plants saved lives and improved crop yields in the US
Natural gas, while not ideal, is still less dirty to burn than coal.
‘Coal knew’ — investigation shows that the coal industry knew about climate change since 1966
Like Exxon, the coal industry knew that its product would cause climate change and has tried its best to hide ...
Despite Trump’s promises, coal power is fading away in the US
This month alone, two of the US largest coal plants shut down.
Dumping coal-fired in favor of gas-fired plants would save the U.S. a lot of water — switching to renewables, a whole lot more
Burning things takes a lot of water.
The world decreased coal energy usage for the first time since the Industrial Revolution
Every year, the world used to add more coal-fired power plants. Not anymore!
The UK had a coal-free week — the first time since 1882
This is the country's first coal-free week since the advent of the Industrial Revolution.
New process could capture CO2 and make it coal again
"Poetic justice" comes to mind.
Black lung disease makes resurgence among US coal miners
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), commonly called black lung disease, is caused by long exposure to coal dust and can have devastating ...
Chile to start phase-out of coal
Chile is the latest country to announce a coal phase-out.
At climate talks, Canada steps up while the US steps down
There's no such thing as clean coal.
Trump negotiators brand coal as the solution for the climate crisis at UN conference
It would be funny if it wouldn't be sad.
Netherlands announces plans to phase out coal plants by 2030, puts coal’s future in Europe at doubt
More like Nether-nocoalburninghere-lands.
Coal formation sucked so much CO2 out of the atmosphere that Earth nearly froze over 300 million years ago
"It is quite an irony that forming the coal that today is a major factor for dangerous global warming once ...
“Clean coal is a lie,” coal CEO admits
It's not news that clean coal doesn't exist -- the news is that execs are admitting it.
Chinese company offers free training for US coal miners to become wind farmers
It's the disproval of every Trump narrative around renewable energy.
Britain powered itself for a day without coal — the first time since the industrial revolution
It's an important milestone, but there's still a long way to go.
German coal mine will be converted into a huge hydro battery for renewable energy
The old making way for the new.
Beijing shuts down its last coal power plant, replaces with natural gas
A step in the right direction.
Even ‘dirty’ energy companies don’t want new coal-fired plants in Australia. Not even for free cash
Everyone with sense except Australia's Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, realizes coal is done for.
Europe has to shut down all of its coal-fired plants by 2030 to meet its Paris Agreement pledge
Seriously ambitious action is needed if we're to avert 1.5 C of global warming.
Renewables just surpassed coal as the largest source of new electricity
It's been a long and crazy ride, but coal's time seems to be finally fading away.
Michigan’s biggest energy provider will phase out coal, despite Trump
The coal industry seems to be singing its swan song, despite political efforts to save it.
Finland plans to completely ban coal use by 2030. Decision soon to come in front of Parliament
A completely radical approach to fighting the dirtiest energy source.
A CEO’s pay is enough to train all the company’s laid-off coal miners for jobs in sustainable energy
The coal industry is tanking -- hundreds of thousands are getting fired, while execs are getting a raise. One startling ...
It’s not just big oil – big coal is funding climate change denial too
It's a reveal which unfortunately surprises no one.
After 115 years of history, Scotland closes its very last coal-fired plant
The largest and last coal-fired plant in operation in Scotland was officially shut down, marking an end to an 115-years-long ...
China will allocate $4.6 bln to shut 4,300 coal mines
The Chinese government seems determined to phase out coal from their economy.
The 2,440 new coal fired power plants expected by 2030 could destroy 2 degrees warming target
Some 2,440 new coal fired plants are expected to come online by 2030 in eight countries like India, China, Indonesia ...
King coal is dying: demand peaked in 2014 and dropping fast worldwide
A report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found we are beyond the peak of ...
UK will shut down all coal plants by 2025, replaces with gas
Amber Rudd, the UK's Secretary of Energy and Climate Change, announced the government's new plan to generate clean and cheap ...
The coal industry is tanking, while execs are getting a raise
Right now the coal business is arguably living through its most dire days ever. Nearly 300 mines have closed in ...
When NOT divesting hurts bad: California retirement funds lose $5 billion in a year by betting on coal
Two of the biggest pension funds in California have lost $5 billion in assets last year by sticking to their ...
Norway’s $900 billion fund will stop investing in coal
Norway's Parliament has agreed that their sovereign energy fund should divest from investments in coal in an attempt to mitigate ...
This fire in Australia has been burning for 6000 years
Some fires are big enough to see from outer space, others burn for a very long time, but from what ...
Electron Beams might reduce NOx (smog) emissions in coal plants and cut costs
With the EPA setting stricter guidelines for NOx emissions fired by coal plants, the industry is now in a position ...
Since 2003 Coal consumption has increased 9x faster than Wind energy and 40x than Solar
Some of us like to think that the energy needs of the future will be supplied by clean and renewable ...
Water demand for energy to double by 2035
Water and energy are two of the things we pretty much take for granted - but we shouldn't. Water is ...
Coal energy slowly becoming more expensive than wind
I recently came across a great article written in the Washington Post which really gives some insight about the economics ...
