“Clean coal is a lie,” coal CEO admits
It's not news that clean coal doesn't exist -- the news is that execs are admitting it.
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Chinese company offers free training for US coal miners to become wind farmers
It's the disproval of every Trump narrative around renewable energy.
Britain powered itself for a day without coal — the first time since the industrial revolution
It's an important milestone, but there's still a long way to go.
German coal mine will be converted into a huge hydro battery for renewable energy
The old making way for the new.
Beijing shuts down its last coal power plant, replaces with natural gas
A step in the right direction.
Even ‘dirty’ energy companies don’t want new coal-fired plants in Australia. Not even for free cash
Everyone with sense except Australia's Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, realizes coal is done for.
Europe has to shut down all of its coal-fired plants by 2030 to meet its Paris Agreement pledge
Seriously ambitious action is needed if we're to avert 1.5 C of global warming.
Renewables just surpassed coal as the largest source of new electricity
It's been a long and crazy ride, but coal's time seems to be finally fading away.
Michigan’s biggest energy provider will phase out coal, despite Trump
The coal industry seems to be singing its swan song, despite political efforts to save it.
Finland plans to completely ban coal use by 2030. Decision soon to come in front of Parliament
A completely radical approach to fighting the dirtiest energy source.
A CEO’s pay is enough to train all the company’s laid-off coal miners for jobs in sustainable energy
The coal industry is tanking -- hundreds of thousands are getting fired, while execs are getting a raise. One startling ...
It’s not just big oil – big coal is funding climate change denial too
It's a reveal which unfortunately surprises no one.
After 115 years of history, Scotland closes its very last coal-fired plant
The largest and last coal-fired plant in operation in Scotland was officially shut down, marking an end to an 115-years-long ...
China will allocate $4.6 bln to shut 4,300 coal mines
The Chinese government seems determined to phase out coal from their economy.
How coal is formed
Most coal formed approximately 300 million years ago from the remains of trees and other vegetation. These remains were trapped ...
The 2,440 new coal fired power plants expected by 2030 could destroy 2 degrees warming target
Some 2,440 new coal fired plants are expected to come online by 2030 in eight countries like India, China, Indonesia ...
King coal is dying: demand peaked in 2014 and dropping fast worldwide
A report released by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) found we are beyond the peak of ...
UK will shut down all coal plants by 2025, replaces with gas
Amber Rudd, the UK's Secretary of Energy and Climate Change, announced the government's new plan to generate clean and cheap ...
The coal industry is tanking, while execs are getting a raise
Right now the coal business is arguably living through its most dire days ever. Nearly 300 mines have closed in ...
When NOT divesting hurts bad: California retirement funds lose $5 billion in a year by betting on coal
Two of the biggest pension funds in California have lost $5 billion in assets last year by sticking to their ...