A “stress test” on the security of the UK’s energy supply has been carried out after concerns were raised over a planned phase-out of coal by...
Yesterday Bill Oddie joined activists in Northumberland protesting an opencast coal mine. The naturalist and broadcaster attended a beach party and picnic where protestors rallied against...
Greenpeace are urging world leaders to use this year’s G7 Summit to continue plans to decarbonise the global economy. They want the world to step away...
North Yorkshire County Council have approved an application to frack for shale gas. Despite protesters gathering outside the Council offices yesterday, the North Yorkshire County Council...
A letter unveiled in Japan’s capital Tokyo today includes eighty organisations urging Japan to change the way they use fossil fuels. The organisations have asked Japan...
In case you missed it, yesterday Christian Aid warned the world that climate change efforts should not be forgotten, a report showed that poorer countries are...
The supply of coal to Cirebon Coal Power Plant in Indonesia was blocked by protesters on Sunday. Greenpeace Indonesia activists scaled the cranes of two ship...
Hundreds of people have set up camp in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales to shut down the UK’s largest opencast coal mine, Ffos-y-fran, just days before Wales...
Reports that Peabody Energy, the world’s largest privately owned coal producer, has filed for US bankruptcy protection are ‘very big news’, says Richard Black, director of the...
On Saturday, the Sea Horse, a large bulk cargo vessel carrying 1,245 metric tons of coal, sank in the Shela River inside the Sundarbans. In addition...
The Franciscan Action Network was dismayed by this week’s Supreme Court ruling that temporarily halts the proposed regulations on coal power plants, known as the Clean...
Specialist finance house Aurium Capital Markets (Aurium), which provides investors with access to innovative investment opportunities, has warned that the government’s recent announcement to phase out...
By acting to stop the extraction of shale gas in the UK, opponents risk delaying the switch from coal-to-gas in electricity generation whilst increasing foreign imports...
Vietnam will effectively shelve the equivalent of 70 large coal power plants following an announcement from the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that the country would...
New report: closure of UK coal and nuclear plants to create electricity supply gap of up to 55% by 2025 UK has neither the time, resources...