Coal mines leave a legacy of ruin
A 19-month data investigation of mine closures indicates that since at least 2011 no large coal mines operating in South Africa have been granted closure….
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Plant-consuming microorganisms produce low-carbon, renewable natural gas
The article is copyrighted by Phys.org and is republished with permission (Phys.org)—A new study shows that plant-consuming microorganisms that reside in coalbeds can convert plant…
Is German climate leadership being sacrificed on the altar of coal?
The pre-election politicking currently going on in Germany should ring alarm bells among climate policy advocates, warns Julian Schwartzkopff. If Angela Merkel does not take personal ownership…
Beyond the War on Coal
by Katie O’Reilly, Sierra magazine Two years ago—long before coal became one of the most dominant and controversial symbols of the 2016 presidential election—Bloomberg Philanthropies approached production…
Donald Trump sees the future in coal. China sees the future in renewables. Who’s making the safer bet?
Meanwhile the world’s other economic giant, China, which now uses more coal than any other country on Earth, is moving sharply in the opposite direction….
King Coal is dethroned in the US – and that’s good news for the environment
This is the worst year in decades for U.S. coal. During the first six months of 2016, U.S. coal production was down a staggering…
Isogo: a minimalist shrine to clean coal
Modern cities are ever more hungry for power, but increasingly prefer to keep their power plants out of sight and out of mind. Whilst the…
The incompatibility of HELE coal technology with 2°C scenarios
In December 2015, international governments pledged in Paris to limit global average temperature rise to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts…
European banks clinging to coal investments
Europe’s big banks have failed to significantly cut their investments in coal in the five years between the UN climate conferences of Copenhagen and Paris….
South Africa’s Road to Growth is Paved With Coal
South Africa is already largely urbanized. Today, nearly two-thirds of South Africans live in urban centers. Although the rate of urbanization is slower in South…
More coal plants are being cancelled than built
The global coal boom has started to slow, a new report says, as more plans for new power plants are now being shelved than completed….
Bringing the age of steam into the information age
‘Greetings from the Stone Age’ proclaimed the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung upon the opening of a brand new coal power plant near Hamburg this year,…
Coal gasification: Could it lift the industry out of the ‘coaldrums’?
It has been no secret that the seaborne coal market has been in steady decline, amid a deep imbalance between supply and demand which has…