CalWire 575, August 14, 2025
China lowers power forecast; rapid decline in hospitalisations after US coke plant closure.
CoalWire 574, August 7, 2025
International Energy Agency tips renewables set to overtake coal power; appeal over life extension for Canadian lignite plants.
CoalWire 573, July 31, 2025
Slump in new coal mine capacity; Czech mine to close; Australian court overturns mine approval.
CoalWire 568, June 19, 2025
South Korea’s last coal mine; Indian coal stockpiles mount; big fall tipped for Chinese coal imports.
CoalWire 565, May 29, 2025
Bangladesh cancels one coal project, revives another; Honduras joins Powering Past Coal Alliance.
CoalWire 560, April 24, 2025
Vietnam boosts renewables role in power plan; high mercury levels found near Indian power plants; Trump grants pollution exemption to about one-third of the US coal fleet.
CoalWire 541, November 28, 2024
Confusion over Indonesian coal pledge; US agency seeks arrest of Adani executives.
CoalWire 538, November 7, 2024
Trump wins US election; Japanese PM to lead minority government.
CoalWire 532, September 26, 2024
UK’s last coal power plant set to close; ADB rejects Pakistan’s coal-to-lignite conversion pitch; report finds only four major car companies plan to buy any fossil-free steel by 2030.
CoalWire 523, July 25, 2024
IEA says renewables set to eclipse coal in 2025; no new coal-based steel capacity approved in China in 2024; India blocks international funding for NGO; study finds mines contributed to devastating 2022 Kentucky floods.
CoalWire 519, June 20, 2024
Report says 800 coal plants could close with financing support; Alberta goes coal-free; judge rebukes largest US co-op for lack of analysis on coal power alternatives.
CoalWire 516, May 30, 2024
New data suggests China’s emissions peaked in 2023; Gencore CCS project rejected; US EPA rejects Alabama coal ash plan.
CoalWire 510, April 18, 2024
Coal mine methane emissions underreported in Germany and Australia; China continues to dominate new coal capacity; Indian court orders Adani to redo community consultation on mine; Canadian court orders release of documents on coal policy change.
CoalWire 504, March 7, 2024
UK govt documents reveal met coal mine approved despite steel sector switch; coal companies to defend South African silicosis class action; high fossil fuel costs hit Pakistan’s economic growth; Indian private power producers pitch for government lending support.
CoalWire 467, May 25, 2023
US tightens coal ash loopholes; the costs of a Co2 pipeline leak; Indian plants face water stress; the Czech businessman behind EPH; Study finds legal cases hit value of stock exchange listed carbon emitters.
CoalWire 463, April 27, 2023
Court rejects New Zealand mine; Welsh mine operating beyond planning permit; most banks don’t exclude metallurgical coal; Colombian representatives file complaint against European utilities and ports; Indian groups hit by another government crackdown on NGOs.