Coal

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

National Grid confirms UK has completed 438 consecutive hours without coal power – and counting

Just days after Austria completed its coal power phase out, Sweden follows suit with closure of Stockholm plant

Almost half of all global coal plants are already set to run at a loss in 2020, warns think tank Carbon Tracker

SSE announces official closure of energy firm's last remaining coal plant after 50 years of operation, as RWE simultaneously shutters Aberthaw coal plant in Wales

Provisional data shows greenhouse gas emissions have fallen more than 45 per cent since 1990, as low carbon power again reached record levels in 2019

Number of coal plants under development dropped in 2019, yet new capacity still grew and the impact of Covid-19 remains uncertain, study shows

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

CO2 from the global power sector fell by the highest level in three decades last year, but the shift towards clean energy sources is still far too slow, research suggests

The UK's carbon emissions now at their lowest since 1888 when first ever matches were played in the English Football League