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• U.S. natural gas prices hit by cool start to summer: Kemp

  01 Jul 2019

  Relatively cool temperatures at the start of summer across the most densely populated parts of the... . ...Read More

• Paris climate goals not enough, stop building new coal plants: Antonio Guterres

  01 Jul 2019

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for immediate climate action to officials gathered in... . ...Read More

• Chile Presents a Coal Exit Plan

  01 Jul 2019

  Chile, a country that relied on coal for about two-fifths of its power generation in 2016, in June... . ...Read More

• UK’s Goal of Net-Zero Carbon by 2050 Becomes Law

  28 Jun 2019

  The United Kingdom’s goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 has now become law, mak... . ...Read More

• Newcastle coal prices hover near 3-year lows

  28 Jun 2019

  Asia’s benchmark coal price continues to hover close to its lowest level since May 2017 amid... . ...Read More

• TVA turns to the sun, natural gas to replace aging coal plants; federal utility plots future with diverse portfolio, less carbon

  28 Jun 2019

  The Tennessee Valley Authority was created 86 years ago to harness the power of the Tennessee Rive... . ...Read More

• Bangladesh trebling its coal-fired power capacity

  27 Jun 2019

  Such expansion is inconsistent with the Paris Agreement, a UN-led report cautions, sayingsolar ene... . ...Read More

• China’s plan to help build Kenya’s first coal plant has been stopped—for now

  27 Jun 2019

  The scheme to build Kenya and east Africa’s first coal plant has been stopped. Kenyan judg... . ...Read More

• China’s May thermal coal import rises 35% on year as market activity picks up: GAC

  25 Jun 2019

  China imported 20.68 million mt of thermal coal in May, up by about 19.3% from April and 34.8% fro... . ...Read More

• Coal addicts: G20 governments have doubled support for coal power plants, report finds

  25 Jun 2019

  G20 governments more than doubled their support for coal power plants between 2014 and 2017, with ... . ...Read More

• Thousands of Climate Activists Block German Coal Mining Operation

  25 Jun 2019

  Hundreds of activists entered and occupied an open-pit coal mine in the western Rhineland region o... . ...Read More

• Duke Energy Indiana plans early retirement of 4,100 MW of coal capacity

  25 Jun 2019

  Duke Energy Indiana has moved up the planned retirement dates of more than 4,100 MW of coal capaci... . ...Read More

• Public invited to have their say on proposed billion-dollar Queensland coal mine

  24 Jun 2019

  Just two weeks after the controversial Adani coal mine was approved, the state government has forg... . ...Read More

• Climate activists end their blockade of German coal mine

  24 Jun 2019

  Hundreds of climate activists called an end to their protest Sunday inside one of Germany's bi... . ...Read More

• Coal India targets stakes in overseas coke mines

  24 Jun 2019

  Coal India is looking for minority stakes in operational coking coal mines in Russia, Canada an... . ...Read More