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...
For years, the prevailing narrative around China and climate change has been relatively one-dimensional: the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitter, heavily reliant on coal, home to smog-choked cities, and powered by an...
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 “A European Green Deal”
The Solar Energy Strategy is part of the EU’s RepowerEU plan to phase out Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the green transition in response to Russia’s invasion of...
Just five years on from the historic UN Paris Climate Agreement, half of Europe’s 324 coal power plants have either already closed or pledged to shut down before 2030. The halfway milestone...
COAL is the dirtiest fossil fuel. COAL mining and coal fired power plants are health hazard to workers including blank-lung disease. COAL damages and contaminates local area, water table, rivers, causes acid...
