Phasing out coal power is the most important step the world can take to curb climate change.
Coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, supplied 36% of electricity generation in 2022. This must drop to 4% by 2030 and then...
Germany, Poland and Serbia remain the 'black lungs' of Europe, with great quantities of the environmentally damaging brown coal being burned there.
Coal production and consumption in the EU have fallen to historic...
Ireland will become the fifteenth European nation without coal in its energy mix following a recent announcement.
The ESB Moneypoint power station was built in the 1980s to help alleviate the effects of...
On June 14, 2024, G7 leaders released a communiqué summarizing the outcomes of the G7 Summit held in Apulia, Italy, from June 13-15, 2024. Notable in this year’s communiqué was, for the...
Coal emits toxic pollutants that make people sick, contaminate water, and drive planet-warming emissions. To eliminate this major threat, a diverse coalition led by the Sierra Club, with the support of philanthropy,...
The 10th edition of the “Boom and Bust Coal” report by Global Energy Monitor and partners reveals that in 2024, the world added the lowest amount of new coal power in 20 years. According...
Why is this important?
Across Europe and the world we’re facing twin health and climate crises, and burning coal is one of the main culprits.
We urgently need to move our energy system towards...
In February, when NRG Energy closed its last coal-fired unit at the Indian River power plant in southern Delaware, it marked just the first of 23 coal-fired units at 15 power plants...
