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Oregon and Washington Join 20 Countries to Phase Out Coal By 2030
Even though the Trump administration used its only public forum at the COP23 climate talks in Bonn to promote coal, it’s clear that many individual U.S. businesses, cities and entire states would rather keep fossil fuels in the ground. Oregon…
Canada & UK Form Alliance To Dump Coal
At the COP 23 climate conference in Bonn, Germany this week, Canada and the UK announced that they are spearheading a global alliance to phase out the use of coal completely. The two countries expect 9 other nations to join…
Germany Could Shutter 20 Oldest Brown Coal Plants Without Creating Energy Shortages
Following the most recent election, German chancellor Angela Merkel is faced with the task of forming a coalition government involving the CDU/CSU alliance, the pro-business FDP, and the environmentalist Green Party. The alliance has been dubbed the Jamaica Coalition, because…
Italy Sets Sights on 2025 Coal Power Phase-Out
The Italian government today announced its intention to phase-out domestic coal-fired power by 2025 when it formally adopts its national energy strategy next month. The move would see Italy join a growing list of nations committed to ending reliance on…
Coal Is Going Down, Even Without the Clean Power Plan
Last Monday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced he will repeal the Obama administration’s regulation to curb power plant carbon emissions, telling coal miners in Kentucky that “the war on coal is over.” The next day he kept…
Reports: All Dutch Coal Plants to Close by 2030 as Coalition Deal Finalised
The Netherlands has become the latest country to signal an end to coal-fired power, reportedly setting a date to close all its coal plants by 2030 as part of a deal between political parties to form a coalition government. Months…
Report: Closing Coal Plants Would Save US $10bn a Year
Energy consumers in the US could be paying an extra $10bn a year by 2021 to prop up ageing coal power plants, according to a new study which argues cheap gas and renewable energy will soon undercut the cost of…