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Dewley Hill coal mine: Newcastle council blocks controversial project
Dewley Hill coal mine: Newcastle council blocks controversial project

Banks Mining slams 'outrageous' decision to reject opencast coal mine project, but decision is warmly welcomed by climate campaigners

  • Energy
  • 21 December 2020
Government places temporary hold on controversial Cumbrian coal mine project
Government places temporary hold on controversial Cumbrian coal mine project

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is considering whether to call in for review Cumbria Council's controversial approval for new coal mine

  • Policy
  • 05 October 2020
Green light for UK's first new coal mine in 30 years as Cumbria council grants approval
Green light for UK's first new coal mine in 30 years as Cumbria council grants approval

The mine will be operated by West Cumbria Mining and is expected to extract 2.4 million tonnes annually for use in industry, causing consternation among climate campaigners

  • Energy
  • 02 October 2020
'Not environmentally acceptable': Druridge Bay coal mine plans rejected for second time
'Not environmentally acceptable': Druridge Bay coal mine plans rejected for second time

In a decision hailed by campaigners as a hugely significant climate milestone for the UK, the government has again blocked plans for a controversial open cast coal mine in England's North East

  • Energy
  • 09 September 2020
Australian insurer Suncorp to ditch coverage for oil and gas projects
Australian insurer Suncorp to ditch coverage for oil and gas projects

Landmark pledge makes Suncorp the first major insurer to adopt any policy restricting underwriting for oil and gas

  • Investment
  • 21 August 2020
One of England's last coal mines to shut in Durham
One of England's last coal mines to shut in Durham

Dozens of jobs at risk as operator Banks Group voices frustration at failure to secure permission to extend lifetime of coal mine

  • Energy
  • 17 August 2020
Governments underestimating global coal phase-out challenge, energy experts warn
Governments underestimating global coal phase-out challenge, energy experts warn

Governments should prepare to pay coal operators to shut down plants and compensate impacted workers and communities, study argues

  • Energy
  • 28 July 2020
Fresh cohort of financial institutions join Powering Past Coal Alliance
Fresh cohort of financial institutions join Powering Past Coal Alliance

Legal & General, Aberdeen Standard Investments and Church of England Pensions Board join anti-coal, multi-stakeholder alliance that aims to encourage the phase out of coal by 2050 at the latest.

  • Investment
  • 02 June 2020
Plans for controversial Cumbrian coal mine back in the balance
Plans for controversial Cumbrian coal mine back in the balance

Council to consider changes to planning application following highly critical report that argued a new coal mine in the UK was not compatible with the country's climate goals

  • Infrastructure
  • 02 June 2020
'Another nail in the coffin': Westpac joins thermal coal investment exodus
'Another nail in the coffin': Westpac joins thermal coal investment exodus

Australian banking giant becomes latest major investor to tighten coal lending rules with 2030 target for ending investment

  • Investment
  • 04 May 2020
'Deeply disturbing': Just 35 banks have handed $2.7tr to fossil fuels since 2015, study finds
'Deeply disturbing': Just 35 banks have handed $2.7tr to fossil fuels since 2015, study finds

Major study backed by 250 NGOs and environmental organisations claims financing for fossil fuels has risen every year since the Paris Agreement was signed

  • Investment
  • 18 March 2020
Lessons from Laustiz: What can the UK learn from Germany's just transition policies?
Lessons from Laustiz: What can the UK learn from Germany's just transition policies?

Efforts to redevelop the historic coal mining region of Laustiz in Germany are the result of empowering local communities - it is imperative the UK does the same, argues IPPR's Josh Emden

  • Politics
  • 04 March 2020
Boris Johnson announces ban on foreign aid for coal mines and power stations
Boris Johnson announces ban on foreign aid for coal mines and power stations

New policy will stop the UK 'outsourcing' its emissions to developing countries, Johnson tells UK-Africa summit

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2020
UK's first deep coalmine in decades secures green light
UK's first deep coalmine in decades secures green light

Work now set to start early next year on Woodhouse Colliery, which plans to extract coking coal from under the sea off the coast of Cumbria

  • Energy
  • 04 November 2019
US coal titan Murray Energy files for bankruptcy
US coal titan Murray Energy files for bankruptcy

The firm's demise comes amid plummeting coal production, consumption, and export figures in the US, as the fossil fuel is undercut by natural gas and ever-cheaper renewables

  • Energy
  • 30 October 2019
'Increasingly uncompetitive': BNP Paribas AM tightens coal investment policy
'Increasingly uncompetitive': BNP Paribas AM tightens coal investment policy

French bank's tighter exclusions on firms engaged in thermal coal mining and coal-fired power generation to come into effect from 2020

  • Investment
  • 14 March 2019
COP24 Overnight Briefing: Talks grind on
COP24 Overnight Briefing: Talks grind on

Thursday in Katowice brought news on pre-2020 carbon cutting progress, guidelines for dealing with climate migration, and an update on progress of official talks

  • Climate change
  • 07 December 2018
High Court quashes Sajid Javid's rejection of Druridge Bay coal mine
High Court quashes Sajid Javid's rejection of Druridge Bay coal mine

Bank's Mining wins appeal against former Housing and Communities Secretary's rejection of new open cast coal mine on climate grounds

  • Energy
  • 23 November 2018

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