June 27, 2019

Trump gift to coal industry won’t halt decline – report

New EPA rules make life easy for coal-fired plants, but industry still can't compete with natural gas or renewables.

June 27, 2019

Whitehaven Coal ups its exploration capability with Geobank

Whitehaven Coal produced 16Mt of coal in 2018, contributing to record Australian coal export results.

June 27, 2019

China coal imports seen cooling once Beijing reins in prices

Authorities will seek to cap imports at, or even below, last year’s level of 281 million tonnes.

June 27, 2019

Chile goes carbon-neutral, begins closing first eight coal-fired power stations

Move is part of an ambitious plan announced by the country's President in early June.

June 26, 2019

Kenya cancels environment license of $2bn coal power plant

The 1,050 megawatt project is 51% owned by Centum Investment Co. and backed by General Electric Co.’s Ultra-Supercritical Clean Coal Technology.

June 26, 2019

Renewable energy sources in the US now outstrip coal

While the US coal industry has been for years losing ground to renewables, they overtook the fossil fuel for the first time ever in April.

June 25, 2019

Norway’s $1 trillion fund resumes investing in miners, oil and Walmart

It will invest again in miners Rio Tinto and Nutrien, as well as in retailer Walmart after their exclusions from the fund's investments on ethical grounds were revoked.

June 24, 2019

India’s annual coal demand rises to nearly one billion tonnes

Coal is among the top five commodities imported by India, one of biggest importers of the fuel despite having the world's fifth largest reserves.

June 23, 2019

RWE reviews mine protest damage, says power plants not at risk

German utility RWE AG is reviewing damage done by environmental campaigners who accessed the company’s Garzweiler open-pit mine in Germany’s Rhineland on Saturday.

June 21, 2019

Visualizing US energy use in one giant chart

U.S. energy use has been generally increasing, eventually topping 100 quads per year by 2018.