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Australian green group to challenge India-backed coal mine
Nov 09, 2015 (AFP)
An Australian environmental group Monday launched a new legal challenge to a huge, India-backed coal mine, saying the government's recent re-approval of the pro...
Greenpeace barred from bidding for Vattenfall's German coal operations
Nov 02, 2015 (AFP)
Greenpeace said Monday it has been barred from bidding for the German coal operations of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall, which the environmental activists inte...
Oldest Romanian mine closes after 156 years
Oct 31, 2015 (AFP)
The lift rose slowly, bringing workers to the surface for the last time at Romania's Petrila mine, ending production at what was once a proud symbol of the coun...
Australia and Poland reject moratorium on new coal mines,
Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull dismissed calls Tuesday for a moratorium on new coal mines urged by influential citizens and Pacific leaders who say ...
Greenpeace seeks to take over Vattenfall's German coal operations
Oct 20, 2015 (AFP)
Greenpeace applied Tuesday to take over the German coal operations of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall, pledging to close them down to protect the climate. The e...
Australia approves India-backed Adani mine despite fears for reef
Oct 15, 2015 (AFP)
Australia Thursday approved a controversial Indian-backed project to build one of the world's biggest coal mines despite conservationists' fears it threatens th...
Greenpeace mulls bid for Swedish lignite group
Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)
An unexpected bidder emerged Tuesday for the German lignite mining operations of Swedish utility Vattenfall: Greenpeace. State-owned Vattenfall has been ponderi...
Australia court blocks huge India-backed coal mine
Aug 05, 2015 (AFP)
An Australian court Wednesday revoked approval for an Indian-backed project to build what could be one of the world's biggest coal mines, which environmentalist...
Vietnam hit by flooding, toxic sludge from coal plants
Aug 02, 2015 (AFP)
Vietnam is struggling to help communities hit by toxic mudslides after torrential rain in a major coal-mining area in northern Quang Ninh province, home to the ...
Six China miners saved after 7 days underground: Xinhua
Jul 27, 2015 (AFP)
Six men were rescued from a flooded Chinese coal mine Monday having survived a week underground after at least four of their co-workers were killed, state media...
Coal industry suffers as demand falls short of supply
Jul 10, 2015 (SPX)
2015 is fast becoming a big year for both the global oil and coal industries. Up until mid-last year, oil prices hovered over $100 per barrel, but with its exce...
Contentious China-run mine in Australia shows 'world gone mad'
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
The Australian government was under fire Thursday after approving a huge Chinese-run coal mine near prime farmland, sparking division in its own ranks with Agri...
German government drops plans for contested coal tax
Jul 02, 2015 (AFP)
Germany has scrapped plans to tax its oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants after fierce opposition from unions and operators, Economy Minister Sigmar Gab...
Top China coal executive under investigation: firm
Jun 08, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese authorities are investigating a top executive of the country's largest coal producer Shenhua, the company said, the latest suspected criminal case invol...
Coal in the crosshairs in Europe but fuelling emerging markets
Jun 07, 2015 (AFP)
Companies, banks and investment funds, primarily European, have been coming out in recent weeks with announcements they will halt investments in coal, a new fro...
Norway blazes trail by pulling huge sovereign fund out of coal
Jun 05, 2015 (AFP)
Norway's parliament voted Friday to pull its sovereign wealth fund -- the world's biggest -- out of coal, in what is seen as a major victory for environmentalis...
Merkel under pressure on coal ahead of G7 climate push
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to send a robust message on climate change from a G7 summit this weekend but may be undermined by Germany's own heavy depende...
21 dead in China coal mine flood: official
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
A total of 21 Chinese coal miners were killed after a shaft they were working in flooded with water, an official told AFP Thursday, the latest incident in the l...
India's Adani dismisses banks' Australia coal project snub
Apr 09, 2015 (AFP)
India's Adani Group on Thursday brushed aside a decision by three leading French banks not to fund huge coal industry projects in Australia's Galilee Basin near...
China coal mining deaths down in 2014: official
Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)
Accidents in Chinese coal mines killed 931 people last year, a top work safety official said Tuesday, continuing a decline in fatalities as Beijing grapples to ...
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