Asia's coal plant drive threatens climate goals, report shows
Five Asian countries are responsible for 80% of new coal power stations planned worldwide, with the projects threatening goals to fight the climate crisis, a report warned Wednesday. China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam are planning to build more than 600 coal plants, think tank ...
Looking at the world through the lens of geoenergy
Unlike fossil fuels, which can be transported over long distances in chemical form, renewable energy is static — meaning it will have to be transported in electric form.
'No time to waste' warns Kimiko Hirata, prize-winning Japanese climate activist
The panel behind the Goldman Environmental Prize said work by Hirata's NGO had prevented the emission of 42 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.
Over half of Chinese-backed overseas coal-fired power plant projects have been shelved or canceled over the past six years, underscoring the rising forces against coal investments globally. Of the 52 projects with Chinese financing announced between mid-2014 and the end of last year, 25 have ...
G7 action on climate gets cautious welcome, but activists say more needed
Leaders of the G7 nations have pledged to stop financing new coal plants beyond their borders by the end of this year, but domestic use went unaddressed.
Indonesia can’t afford the luxury of Australia’s carbon habit
A business based on mining, hauling and burning heavy rocks to spit out electrons struggles to survive everywhere that fuel-free renewables manage to take root.
Putin is betting coal still has a future
Russia believes that coal consumption will continue to rise in big Asian markets like China even as it dries up elsewhere.
In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal
Getting Japan on board in such a short time frame means those countries, such as China, which still back coal are increasingly isolated and could face more pressure to stop.
Averting climate crisis means no new oil or gas fields, IEA says
The world has a choice — stop developing new oil, gas and coal fields today or face a dangerous rise in global temperatures, the organization said.
A grandiose dream to carve out a giant coal mine in frozen eastern Siberia
Far from backing away from coal, Moscow is doubling down: Last summer, the Russian government approved an energy strategy that could see its coal output increase by up to 50% by 2035.
NGOs call on Asian Development Bank to end fossil fuel loans
The international lender holds its annual meeting this week with a focus on a green economic recovery.
Challenges abound as Japan eyes new basic energy policy in June
The focus will be on how much the country can promote the use of renewable energy in realizing its goal of cutting emissions by 46% by 2030 from 2013 levels.
