* UKRAINE WAR * Coal Dust and Methane Below, Russian Bombs Above
DOBROPILLIA, Ukraine — When Aleksander Maryinych enters a metal cage and descends into darkness with dozens of other miners for his six-hour shifts, the concussive thumps of an artillery war are replaced by the clatter of rail carts and the grind of machinery carving deep into the earth.
Kohle Konflikte UkraineCharbon : un amer retour en arrière
Craignant d’être privée de gaz russe cet hiver, l’Europe revient, à contrecœur, au charbon. Combustible fossile le plus sale, car champion des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, le charbon était relégué au ban des ressources énergétiques.
Kohle Konflikte foss. EnergieKohle-Embargo: Sind Schweizer Behörden darauf vorbereitet?
Ein beträchtlicher Teil der russischen Kohle wird über die Schweiz gehandelt – ab Ende August ist der Handel mit diesem Rohstoff in der EU und auch der Schweiz verboten. Wie gut sind die Schweizer Behörden darauf vorbereitet, dieses Embargo umzusetzen?
Kohle Konflikte Russland Schweiz (Bund)Southern Company Knew
How a “clean coal” utility was warned about climate change risks years before it funded climate disinformation, 1964-2022 Download the full report as a PDF (Click here) TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PART 1: EARLY WARNINGS PART 2: DECADES OF DISINFORMATION REFERENCES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In it
Anti-Klima-Lobby KohleKohle-Import aus Kolumbien Scholz-Plan "koloniale Ausbeutung"?
Ein Anruf von Bundeskanzler Scholz beim kolumbianischen Präsidenten soll dazu geführt haben, dass eine umstrittene Kohlegrube nun wegen deutscher Importe erweitert wird. Nach Kontraste-Recherchen stößt das in der Grünen-Fraktion auf harte Kritik.
Amerikas Kohle Kolonialismus Energiepolitik foss. Energie DeutschlandIn a Bid to Save Its Coal Industry, Wyoming Has Become a Test Case for Carbon Capture, but Utilities are Balking at the Pricetag
Wyoming has bet its future on carbon capture technology. The state has poured money into research on how to remove carbon dioxide from industrial emissions, and what to do with the gas once it has been captured.
Kohle NegativemissionenHow a tech billionaire is forcing Australia’s coal die-hards to face the future
Australian software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes made a dramatic $660 million market raid on Australia’s biggest coal generator and polluter AGL this week, vowing to oppose its proposed demerger and fasttrack its exit from coal.
Austr. & Ozeanien KohleRussia’s War Is Turbocharging the World’s Addiction to Coal
In Germany and Italy, coal-fired power plants that were once decommissioned are now being considered for a second life. In South Africa, more coal-laden ships are embarking on what’s typically a quiet route around the Cape of Good Hope toward Europe. Coal burning in the U.S.
Kohle Konflikte RusslandThe Decline of Kentucky’s Coal Industry Has Produced Hundreds of Safety and Environmental Violations at Strip Mines
The company that blasted the sides of this Floyd County, Kentucky, mountain went bankrupt and left behind mining violations including steep cliffs. The property’s owner, Tracy Neece, is waiting on state regulators to find a way to get it reclaimed.
Kohle USAChina’s Banks Are the Last Big Players in Coal Company Financing
As the planet lurches toward catastrophic levels of warming, China’s biggest banks have been ratcheting up their financing of the dirtiest fossil fuel of all: coal. Chinese lenders have helped coal companies raise about $10 billion selling bonds so far this year, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
China Kohle FinanzmarktUmstrittener Klimaschutz – Wie China und Indien trotz Kohle die Klimawende schaffen könnten
Der Weltklimarat zeigt auf, dass es keine Investitionen in die Kohleenergie mehr geben darf. Peking und Delhi halten sich nicht daran. Das chinesische Jahr 2022 begann aus Sicht des Klimaschutzes mit irritierenden Nachrichten.
China Kohle IndienClimate Action: How women in Nigeria’s Benue community sent coal miners packing
It was early on a Monday morning when I visited the Ibagwa community in the Owukpa area of Nigeria’s north-central Benue. Owukpa is a coal-rich area of the state with active mining activities in different communities. Ibagwa is one of those communities.
Afrika Kohle* UKRAINE WAR * Australian government welcomes high fossil fuel prices, ships coal to Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to send shockwaves through global energy markets – sending the price of oil, gas and coal to near all-time highs – but Australia’s government has done little to hide its glee at the increased earnings set to be gleaned by Australia’s fossil fuel indu
Austr. & Ozeanien Kohle foss. EnergieInside Clean Energy: Three Charts to Help Make Sense of 2021, a Year Coal Was Up and Solar Was Way Up
GenOns Cheswick Power Station, which still burns coal to produce 637 megawatts of electricity for the region on June 7, 2021 about 15 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Kohle Erneuerbare* UKRAINEKRIEG * Kohle ist dreimal so teuer wie im Januar
Japanischer Kohlefrachter im Hafen von Newcastle im Südwesten Australiens: Steinkohle wird vor allem per Schiff transportiert. (Foto: Daniel Norris/Unsplash) Der Weltmarktpreis für Kohle hat sich seit Beginn des Jahres verdreifacht.
Kohle KonflikteAustralia’s largest coal-fired power station, Eraring, to close in 2025, seven years early
The owner of Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant, the Eraring station on the shore of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, has signalled it will close in 2025, seven years earlier than previously planned.
Austr. & Ozeanien KohleGaskrise bringt Europas Kohleausstieg zum Stillstand
Braunkohlekraftwerk an der deutsch-polnischen Grenze: Für Kohlekonzerne ist Ausstieg zurzeit kein Thema. (Foto: Vondraussen/Wikimedia Commons) Deutschland und die Europäische Union müssen aus der Kohleverstromung aussteigen, um ihre Klimaziele zu erreichen.
Kohle Ende der Fossilen. foss. Energie GeopolitikSale of North Dakota’s Largest Coal Plant Is Almost Complete. Then Will Come the Hard Part
Water vapor streams away from the Coal Creek electric power plant at the Falkirk Mining Company in North Dakota on Jan. 9, 2010. Credit: Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images A plan to sell, rather than close, the largest coal-fired power plant in North Dakota is nearly final.
Kohle USACoal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive’ Environmental Catastrophe
HAROLD, Ky.—Along the winding, two lane road that leads to Tracy Neece’s mountain, there’s no hint of the huge scars in the hills beyond the oaks and the pines. Green forests cover steep slopes on each side of the road, which turns from blacktop to dusty gravel. Modest homes are nestled into the bottomlands along […]
Kohle GeschichteJohn Kerry: US supports a coal phaseout but cannot commit
John Kerry is the first United States special presidential envoy for climate, appointed under the Biden administration in January 2021. He spoke to Euractiv’s energy and environment editor, Frédéric Simon.
Kohle foss. Energie USA Ende der Fossilen.Addict au charbon, l’Inde suffoque mais gâche la COP
Alors même que sa capitale est plongée dans un brouillard toxique, l’Inde a mené la charge pour affaiblir les engagements contre le charbon lors du sommet de la COP26, privilégiant, selon les experts, sa croissance économique au détriment de l’avenir de la planète.
Kohle COP26 IndienSouth Africa $8.5bn finance package offers a model for ending reliance on coal
The nation is at the heart of a string of announcements in Glasgow, UK to support developing countries in ditching the most polluting fossil fuel. After months of high-level political negotiations, France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU announced an $8.
Klimafinanzierung Kohle COP26
