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Ending fossil fuel use for peace

March 17, 2022 10:33 am Published by

Time and time again we see fossil fuels create conflict. To stand with Ukraine, ending Russian coal, oil, and fossil gas use is an urgent priority, and to safeguard peace and our climate for all, we have to end all fossil fuel use as soon as possible.

Read & Share our Limited Utility report

March 3, 2022 5:41 pm Published by

Limited Utility: The European energy companies failing on net zero commitments is an initiative of Europe Beyond Coal and Ember, and investigates whether or not the strategies of the major EU coal-burning utilities align with the urgent need to decarbonise their fossil fuel electricity portfolios and accelerate their deployment of renewables, as outlined in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Net Zero Emissions by 2050 report.

Coal threatens the Akbelen forest

August 29, 2021 3:50 pm Published by

The local communities of Milas and Yatağan in Muğla province of Turkey, have been living under the destructive impacts of Yeniköy, Kemerköy and Yatağan coal-fired power plants and coal mines for four decades. Now the last natural area, Akbelen Forest, with its trees, bushes, birds, thyme and mushrooms, is under the threat of an expanding open-pit lignite mine. We want to stand with the people of İkizköy, who have endured the destructive impacts of the Yeniköy, Kemerköy, and Yatağan coal-fired power plants and mines for four decades, and are fighting for what remains of their forests, olive groves and farming lands.

Help clean up Europe’s industry!

February 2, 2021 9:39 pm Published by

We're running out of time to address climate change, and while the EU is doing more and more to act on it and clean up industry, one of its key laws to cut industrial pollution does not cover carbon emissions! This has to change, and we have an opportunity to do it right now!