Czech government to decide on coal exit as EU foreign ministers call for global coal phase out
January 26, 2021 4:49 pmThe Czech government is expected to agree a date for the closure of all of its coal plants on Monday 1 February.
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Portugal to be coal free by year’s end
January 14, 2021 3:21 pmThe 1296 MW Sines coal plant in Portugal will be shut at midnight tonight, almost nine years earlier than first planned.
Czech coal commission recommends Paris-incompatible 2038 coal exit
December 4, 2020 1:15 pmPrague, 4 December 2020 – The Czech coal commission has today voted to recommend the Czech government close all of […]
Sprawling Polish coal mine fuels escalating tension at heart of EU
December 7, 2020 4:55 pmEuropean Green Parliamentarians discussion about the talks between Poland and the Czech Republic over Turów coal mine.
Fortum/Uniper leave Finnish government red-faced due to Paris-incompatible strategy
December 3, 2020 5:23 pmFinnish energy company Fortum/Uniper confirmed that it doesn't intend to align its business with the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement,
EU recovery cash must not go to gas, coal leaders urged ahead of summit
November 13, 2020 11:14 amThe Europe Beyond Coal coalition is urging coal region leaders to commit multibillion Euro recovery sums to a clean energy transition - and to tell their governments that the EU should not divert the funds towards a fossil gas-led future.
Block Fossils Out browser tool helps climate strikers ‘blockade’ fossil fuel companies
September 23, 2020 9:00 amCivil society groups in Europe launched a set of digital tools to help take part in online protests, blocking European fossil fuel companies.
Czech coal commission contemplates self-defeating coal phase out
October 19, 2020 12:48 pmThe Czech coal commission contemplates a post-2030 phase out that would undermine the Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš’s recent commitment.
German city threatened by Polish coal mine joins call on EU to uphold water law
October 12, 2020 4:41 pmThe Polish lignite mine, Turów, is polluting the Lusatian Neisse River causing subsidence that could damage houses across the German border.