Can the War on Coal Still Be Won?
Ten years ago, I embedded in the war on coal. I spent a month inside the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, watching an organization ...
Tag: Coal
Global Coal Demand Has Plateaued and Might Decline by 2030
Today’s ESG Updates: The IEA Forecasts That Coal Demand Might Decline by 2030: Other power generation methods like natural gas, ...
How G20 Nations Can Make Progress After the Group Stalls on Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
The 2025 G20 Leaders’ Summit in South Africa sent mixed signals on climate action. In this year’s Leaders’ Declaration, climate change ...
E.P.A. Sued Over $7 Billion in Canceled Renewable Grants
Today’s ESG Updates EPA Sued After Cancellation of $7 Billion in Solar Grants: Nonprofits, unions, solar firms, and homeowners have ...
Extreme Weather Costs Europe €44.5 Billion a Year
Today’s ESG Updates Europe’s Extreme Weather Costs Soar: Annual damages more than doubled this decade, hitting €44.5B between 2020 and ...
How the G7 Can Advance Action on Fossil Fuel Subsidies in 2025
Sixteen years ago, the G7 made a commitment to phase out “inefficient” fossil fuel subsidies. Nine years ago, leaders agreed to do this by ...
Europe Sets New Record For Renewable Energy Use
In the European Union (EU), 47% of electricity now comes from renewable sources like wind and solar, a new record ...
‘Carbon Majors’: 57 Producers Responsible for 80% of Global Carbon Emissions Since 2016
In a comprehensive new analysis, the Carbon Majors database sheds light on the primary culprits behind the escalating climate crisis, ...
China’s Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Capacity to Eclipse Coal in 2024
According to the China Electricity Council (CEC), the wind and solar capacity in China will surpass that of coal in ...
‘Turning Point for Coal on the Horizon’: Demand Exepcted to Decline by 2026
In the latest edition of its annual coal market report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that global coal demand, ...
Poland Approves Its First Nuclear Power Plant
The Polish Climate and Environment Ministry has issued an environmental permit for the country’s first nuclear power plant, Climate Minister ...
Coal-Fired Contradictions: Why Climate Action Needs a Circuit Breaker
China is the world leader in renewable energy investment, pouring in nearly half of the world's total low-carbon spending for 2022 alone. ...
