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MINISTRY RIGHT TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT


As a result, some coal-burning boilers and coal-burning stoves in some villagers' homes have been demolished before natural gas has been supplied... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 0

INVESTORS SHUN FOSSIL FUELS AT PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT, SLAM TRUMP'S 'SCIENTIFICALLY WRONG' ADVOCACY OF COAL


U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected the deal, calling climate change a hoax and vowing to restore jobs in the fossil fuel industry... READ MORE

13th December, 2017 214

WILL TRUMP'S EPA REPEAL THE US CARBON EMISSION PLAN?


We support the Clean Power Plan, said Bill Price, a senior organiser with the Sierra Club in West Virginia... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 297

COAL RETURNS AS FLASHPOINT IN GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE FIGHT


Coal emerged as the surprise winner from two weeks of international climate talks in Germany, with leaders of the host country and neighboring Poland joini... READ MORE

19th November, 2017 9

WORLD VOWS TO STICK TO GLOBAL CLIMATE DEAL DESPITE US PULLOUT


The Bonn meeting was under the shadow of Trump's decision in June to withdraw from the Paris accord and instead promote the coal and oil industry... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 307

'POLITICAL WATERSHED' AS 19 COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO PHASE OUT COAL


A new alliance of 19 nations committed to quickly phasing out coal has been launched at the UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 9908

POPE REBUKES CLIMATE DENIERS AS 'PERVERSE' IN BONN MESSAGE


Francis issued a message to the Bonn meeting, which is working to implement the 2015 Paris accord aimed at capping global emissions... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 0

'A STEP BACK': EMISSIONS RISE AS WORLD ECONOMY GATHERS PACE


Carbon emissions will rise 2 per cent in 2017 to almost 37 billion tonnes as the world economy heads for 3.6 per cent annual growth... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 141

MICHAEL BLOOMBERGS WAR ON COAL GOES GLOBAL WITH $50M FUND


The money will support grassroots campaigns, research on the health impacts of coal and legal action against coal plants that are breaking pollution rules... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 332949

UN WARNS OF CATASTROPHIC MASS FAMINE IN YEMEN


The money will support grassroots campaigns, research on the health impacts of coal and legal action against coal plants that are breaking pollution rules... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 332949

THE SEVEN MEGATRENDS THAT COULD BEAT GLOBAL WARMING


'Everybody gets paralysed by bad news because they feel helpless, says Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief who delivered the landmark Paris climate change agreement... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 26089

NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS


Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 779

NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS


Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 779

NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS


Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 779

NATURAL GAS EMISSIONS WILL BLOW EUROPE'S CARBON BUDGET AT CURRENT LEVELS


Extracting and burning natural gas produces substantial quantities of methane and carbon dioxide which warm the climate in different ways, Broderick said... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 779

NEW DATA GIVES HOPE FOR MEETING THE PARIS CLIMATE TARGETS


When the global economy has been strong, we've consumed more energy, which has translated into burning more fossil fuels and releasing more carbon pollution... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 1801

EPA CHIEF SCOTT PRUITT DECLARES OBAMA'S 'WAR ON COAL IS OVER' AS TRUMP CAMP DUMPS CLEAN POWER PLAN


EPA chief Scott Pruitt declares Obama's 'war on coal is over' as Trump camp dumps Clean Power Plan... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 4

'THE WAR ON COAL IS OVER'


For Pruitt, getting rid of the Clean Power Plan will mark the culmination of a long fight he began as the elected attorney general of Oklahoma... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 3270

TRUMP MAY HAVE FOUND PATHS TO SAVE COAL AND HOBBLE CLEAN ENERGY


One to prop up large traditional power plants and a second to impose tariffs on solar panels... READ MORE

3rd October, 2017 1896

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BRITAIN GOES A DAY WITHOUT BURNING COAL FOR ELECTRICITY


Coal-fired power generation contributes heavily to climate change burning coal produces twice as much carbon dioxide as burning natural gas... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 92516

SWEDEN CRITICISES US CLIMATE STANCE AS IT REVEALS AMBITIOUS CARBON EMISSIONS LAW


The European Union as a whole has set a target of an 80-95 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050... READ MORE

3rd February, 2017 64048

PAUL KRUGMAN TRUMP GRATUITOUSLY REJECTS THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD


As I said, however, these days the fight against climate action is largely driven by sheer spite... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 27546

U.K. JUST WENT WITHOUT COAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880S


Coal plants by 2025 How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change The U.K... READ MORE

23rd April, 2017 26456

CHINA AIMS TO SPEND AT LEAST $360 BILLION ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2020


China surpassed the United States a decade ago as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, and now discharges about twice as much... READ MORE

6th January, 2017 19600

TRUMPS EPA PICK REJECTS CLIMATE SCIENCE, FIGHTS FOR FOSSIL FUELS


Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has spent six years waging war against the EPA's climate and clean air initiatives... READ MORE

10th December, 2016 17411

THE CHEAP ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE, AND COAL WON'T CUT IT


Unsubsidized wind and solar are beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas in an ever-widening circle of countries... READ MORE

27th April, 2017 16956

WHY YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR POWER


Right now, coal accounts for 76 per cent of our electricity generation... READ MORE

7th July, 2017 16692

TRUMP MAY BE GOOD FOR OIL TROUBLE FORRENEWABLES


The president-elect has promised to promote oil, natural gas and coal aggressively, and pull back on Obama administration commitments to fighting climate change... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 11407

COOPERATION AND CONFLICT ON MENU WHEN OBAMA AND XI JINPING MEET


Now, however, China appears poised to enact the same climate change policy that Mr. Obama failed to move through Congress... READ MORE

24th September, 2015 8400

FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT FUNDS DOUBLE TO $5TN IN A YEAR


Institutions worth 2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels... READ MORE

13th December, 2016 7306

RENEWABLES INVESTMENT IN UK WILL FALL 95% OVER NEXT THREE YEARS - STUDY


In contrast, public sector high carbon investment is rising, although slowly, the authors wrote... READ MORE

4th January, 2017 7150

A STORY OF HOPE THE GUARDIAN LAUNCHES PHASE II OF ITS CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGN


So a major strand of our climate coverage up to Paris and beyond will be about climate change as a story of hope... READ MORE

5th October, 2015 6378

G20 COUNTRIES PAY OVER $1,000 PER CITIZEN IN FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES, SAYS IMF


G20 countries pay over 1,000 per citizen in fossil fuel subsidies, says IMF... READ MORE

4th August, 2015 5514

CLEAN ENERGY IS TROUNCING OIL, GAS AND COAL IN TRUMP ERA


President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry's fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy... READ MORE

18th July, 2017 5189

IF TRUMP DUMPS THE CLIMATE ACCORD, THE U.S. IS THE LOSER


China is meeting its Paris accord targets, and more, by shutting down coal-fired power plants, says Yohe... READ MORE

1st June, 2017 4876

CHINA CALLS US 'SELFISH' AFTER TRUMP SEEKS TO BRING BACK COAL


Climate change China calls US 'selfish' after Trump seeks to bring back coal... READ MORE

30th March, 2017 4493

COAL DOESN'T HELP THE POOR; IT MAKES THEM POORER


Delivering electricity to those in energy poverty is certainly important... READ MORE

31st October, 2016 3838

INVESTORS COULD LOSE $4.2TN BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, REPORT WARNS


It also called for a proper carbon price to be established as well as a tough new climate change treaty to be agreed in Paris... READ MORE

24th July, 2015 3178

STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN


In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE

3rd August, 2015 3175

'CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL': COMPANIES CHALLENGE TRUMP'S REVERSAL OF POLICY


Trump, for his part, has called climate change a hoax ... READ MORE

30th March, 2017 2897

THESE 5 CHARTS SHOW THE SEISMIC SHIFTS HAPPENING IN GLOBAL ENERGY


Even China's Turning Away This map shows that most of the world's economies are turning away from coal, the most environmentally harmful fossil fuel... READ MORE

14th June, 2017 2813

BURNING ALL FOSSIL FUELS WILL MELT ENTIRE ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET, STUDY SHOWS


Burning all fossil fuels will melt entire Antarctic ice-sheet, study shows... READ MORE

11th September, 2015 2759

MARCH TEMPERATURE SMASHES 100-YEAR GLOBAL RECORD


This means that there is a high risk of record global temperatures over the next few months, Scaife said... READ MORE

16th April, 2016 2527

'NO PLANS' TO CUT RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET, JOSH FRYDENBERG SAYS


A report by the commission found that the cost of wind power had fallen by 60 percent in the past five years... READ MORE

25th April, 2017 2492

TRUMP WANTS TO STEER UN CLIMATE CASH TO BUILDING COAL PLANTS


Board members include representatives from France, Sweden and other countries that are eager to combat climate change... READ MORE

14th July, 2017 2481

TRUMP TAKES AIM AT WESTERN MONUMENTS THAT MAY HOLD OIL RICHES


At Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah, which was also established by Obama in December, the potential riches include coal, according to the U.S. Geological Survey... READ MORE

10th May, 2017 2376

TURNBULL LABELS OPPONENTS OF COAL-POWERED ELECTRICITY AS 'DELUSIONAL'


Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says those who say coal has no future are delusional ... READ MORE

15th July, 2017 2366

CHAMPIONING ENVIRONMENT FRANCIS TAKES AIM AT GLOBAL CAPITALISM


Francis' embrace of the issue of climate change, and his broader critique of global capitalism, stem from his signature economic concern eradicating poverty... READ MORE

18th June, 2015 2278

TOP GLOBAL BANKS STILL LEND BILLIONS TO EXTRACT FOSSIL FUELS


A spokesman said The emerging markets we operate in need reliable and accessible energy to support economic growth... READ MORE

21st June, 2017 2125


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