Coal
Energy
A new scientific study lays out what must happen immediately for any hope of limiting global warming to 1.5C
04 July 2019
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4 min read
Risk
Insurance giant becomes the largest US insurer to date to announce it will halt underwriting for companies that are reliant on coal mining and power plants
02 July 2019
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2 min read
Investment
Letter from investors and superannuation funds representing $34tr in assets under management write to world leaders calling for carbon price and coal phase out
26 June 2019
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2 min read
Energy
G20 governments more than doubled their support for coal power plants between 2014 and 2017, with their overall backing for coal power currently totalling $64bn a year
25 June 2019
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5 min read
Energy
National Grid reveals UK on track to generate more electricity from zero carbon sources than fossil fuels this year
21 June 2019
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4 min read
Infrastructure
Government confirms the UK has this afternoon set a new record for the most hours in a year when the grid operated without coal power
20 June 2019
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2 min read
Energy
SSE will close its last coal-fired power station early next year, to leave just five coal plants left on UK grid
14 June 2019
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1 min read
Management
BusinessGreen brings you all the green news from around the world this week
14 June 2019
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4 min read
Energy
BP warns of a 'growing divergence' between demands for climate action and pace of emissions cuts, as extreme weather pushes up global fossil fuel use
13 June 2019
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3 min read
Energy
Renewables now make up 21.56 per cent of US generation capacity, compared to 21.55 per cent for coal, according to official figures
10 June 2019
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3 min read
