Coal

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

Clean energy generated a historic 40 per cent of the bloc's electricity in the first half of 2020, according to green think tank Ember

In a string of new measures unveiled yesterday, the bank has tightened its rules on providing finance to companies invested in coal, giving European firms until 2021 to align their coal strategies with a 2030 exit date.

Testing at Drax power plant delivered coal power to the grid last night, as UK passes latest smart grid milestones

UK grid passes latest clean power milestone, with no immediate end in sight to coal-free run

The enormous expansion in China's coal power capacity means more regional vested interests against decarbonisation, writes Andrew Warren

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.

People's Bank of China intends to move its green financing framework closer to global standards by excluding so-called 'clean coal', according to reports

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

With airlines looking at an annus horribilis in 2020, planes could follow coal plants as Europe's next stranded asset, writes Vlerick Business School's Professor David Veredas