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- Great Barrier Reef group severs ties with Greyhound over Adani contract Wed, 22 Jan 20, 11:57amExclusive: Bus company’s CEO Alex de Waal resigns from board of Citizens of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation after support for coal project declared ‘clear conflict’
- Germany will pay billions to speed up coal-fired power plant shutdowns Fri, 17 Jan 20, 6:10amIn fight against climate crisis, operators will be compensated for early switch-offs
- Report: Coal Plants Shut Down At Second Fastest Rate On Record During Trump’s Third Year In Office Fri, 17 Jan 20, 1:00amFrom The Daily Caller Energy Chris White Tech Reporter January 13, 2020 11:27 AM ET Coal plants shuttered at the second fastest rate in U.S. history in 2019, Reuters reported Monday, citing federal data. Energy companies...
- New Cumbria coalmine 'incompatible' with climate crisis goals Wed, 15 Jan 20, 5:00pmFacility threatens UK’s aim to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, report says
- Texas: Coal Did Not Get Blown Away By Wind Wed, 15 Jan 20, 9:00amGuest “I told you so” by David Middleton Jan 13, 2020, 10:33amTexas Power Generation: Did Coal Get Blown Away By Wind? University of Houston Energy Fellows Contributor Group We are thought leaders in energy from...
- Climate activist turns down Siemens' offer of seat on energy board Tue, 14 Jan 20, 4:03amProtest group leader Luisa Neubauer says she would lose right to criticise the company
- Adani coalmine: Siemens CEO has ‘empathy’ for environment but refuses to quit contract Mon, 13 Jan 20, 12:27pmJoe Kaeser says he must balance stakeholder interests as climate change activists protest company’s decision
- Renewables beat fossil fuels on 137 days in greenest year for UK energy Tue, 7 Jan 20, 11:01amRenewable energy up 9% on 2018 but nuclear outages are limiting progress, report warns
- Should fossil fuels pay for Australia's new bushfire reality? It is the industry most responsible | Amanda Cahill Tue, 7 Jan 20, 1:19pmIt is unconscionable that the taxpayer funds fossil fuels to the tune of $1,198 per person per year. What if we channelled this into climate adaptation?
- Reform USAID energy aid policies now! Tue, 7 Jan 20, 9:00amPresident Trump should direct USAID to support coal and gas, not just wind and solar Paul Driessen and David Wojick Apparently unable to grasp the cruel irony, USAID Commissioner Mark Green boasts that “electricity enables...
- Shutdown of US coal power facilities saved over 26,000 lives, study finds Tue, 7 Jan 20, 3:00amShift to gas saved more than 300m tons of planet-heating carbon dioxide as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide levels dropped
- NYT: President Trump to Drop Climate Change from Federal Infrastructure Planning Sun, 5 Jan 20, 5:00pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall According to NYT, President Trump has moved to modify a 50 year old rule which requires Federal Agencies to consider the “cumulative consequences” of new infrastructure, to prevent...
- The Guardian view on the bushfires: Australia needs a government with the right priorities | Editorial Fri, 3 Jan 20, 5:40amPrime minister Scott Morrison has tried to deflect and distract from the role played by global heating in a national disasterThe sheer scale of the bushfires sweeping through south-east Australia, turning the sky first black,...
- Country diary: vanished giants of the age of coal Thu, 2 Jan 20, 4:30pmIronbridge Gorge, Shropshire: There was something monumental about these terracotta-coloured funnels, these magical vessels of rain-river-cloud
- Natural gas “emerging as the world’s go-to fuel” for electricity generation Sun, 29 Dec 19, 9:00pmGuest natural gas cheer-leading by David Middleton Dec 15, 2019Global Natural Gas Electricity Is Gaining On Coal Jude Clemente Contributor EnergyI cover oil, gas, power, LNG markets, linking to human development...