China’s commitment to ending support for new coal overseas, and Turkey’s announcement at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday that it intends to ratify the UN Paris climate agreement are a critical blow for coal power in Europe.
Statement from the Europe Beyond Coal campaign groups on Poland being handed an unprecedented fine for breaching a European Court of Justice order to halt operations at PGE’s Turów coal mine:
Germany’s inadequate 2038 coal exit plan has left its regions and companies taking action into their own hands, with the city of Hannover today becoming the latest to announce a faster-than-planned coal exit.
Hungary is now the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phase out plan, announcing closure of last remaining plant in 2025.
Local groups and NGOs today welcomed the Czech government’s decision to file a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice against the Polish government for the illegal operation of the Turów lignite coal mine, which has been dug right up to the Czech and German borders, damaging local water supplies for nearby communities.
The future of Germany’s controversial Datteln IV coal plant hangs in the balance after court ruled that the plant was constructed illegally.
The Czech government is expected to agree a date for the closure of all of its coal plants on Monday 1 February.
The 1296 MW Sines coal plant in Portugal will be shut at midnight tonight, almost nine years earlier than first planned.
Prague, 4 December 2020 – The Czech coal commission has today voted to recommend the Czech government close all of […]