by Gordon Barratt | Jun 20, 2022 | News
Germany will pass emergency laws to reopen mothballed coal plants for electricity generation ahead of the winter as Russian cuts to gas exports threaten shortfalls in Europe’s largest economy. Moscow cut capacity on the main gas export pipeline to Berlin last week by...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 20, 2022 | News
When the COP26 climate talks concluded in November, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared the world had reached a point of no return in phasing out coal. At the same time, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned Europe that Russia was amassing...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 20, 2022 | News
Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton. Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton indicated his group will set a target before the next election for a bigger cut in emissions, but said that coal and gas should continue to be “a part of the mix.” The Liberal...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 20, 2022 | News
North Antelope Rochelle coal mine in Wyoming. Companies and researchers developing asphalt, graphene, graphite, agricultural char, and carbon fibre and extracting rare earths from coal and coal byproducts, now have a 9.5-acre site to work on their...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 17, 2022 | News
A satellite managed by GHGSat, a commercial emissions-monitoring firm, observed thirteen plumes of methane at the Raspadskya mine, the largest coal mine in Russia, in late January. About 90 tons an hour of the greenhouse gas was being released from the mine. This...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 17, 2022 | News
Major BHP has announced that it will retain its New South Wales energy coal (NSWEC) operations in its portfolio. The company told shareholders that it would seek the relevant approvals to continue mining beyond its current mining consent that expires in 2026 and would...
