One year of European Commission inaction on the illegal Turów coal mine
April 29, 2021 5:45 pmPolish utility PGE will have operated Turów lignite mine illegally for one year this coming Saturday 1 May.
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Romania commits to exiting coal by 2032 at the latest
September 28, 2021 5:12 pmThe Romanian government has committed the country to phasing-out hard coal and lignite power production by 2032 in its National Resilience and Recovery Plan endorsed yesterday by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. This plan sees coal capacity cut by more than three quarters by 2025.
Europe is halfway to closing all its coal plants
March 23, 2021 10:23 amFive years from the UN Paris Climate Agreement, half of all coal plants operating or under construction in Europe (162 […]
Europe halfway to closing all its coal plants by 2030
March 23, 2021 8:00 amJust five years on from the historic UN Paris Climate Agreement, Europe is halfway to closing all of its coal power plants by 2030.
Banque de France: Put your words into action!
January 26, 2021 12:26 pmEuropean monetary policy should support the fight against climate change and for social progress, not a system of pollution and inequalities.
Pressure on EU Parliament to close Just Transition Fund loophole
September 8, 2020 9:57 amThe European Parliament will decide whether it would allow fossil fuel companies to hijack the EU’s iconic Just Transition Fund.
Just transition in the context of the European power utilities and financial institutions
August 17, 2020 11:18 amWe are calling on financial institutions to demand that utilities develop socially responsible plans for phasing out coal by 2030, the latest.
Fool’s Gold: Financial institutions waste billions on coal, undermining climate action
July 15, 2020 10:12 amEuropean financial institutions and international investors and banks including BlackRock and the Japanese megabanks are keeping Europe’s terminally declining coal industry on life support, handing companies €12 billion in investment, and €9.8 billion in loans and underwriting in less than 1.5 years, according to a new report.
Fool’s Gold
July 15, 2020 8:22 amUpdated for 2020, Fool’s Gold - The financial institutions risking our renewable energy future with coal examines eight European, and four significant international, financial institutions, and finds that all continued to pump money into coal companies in the year after the IPCC released its 1.5 degrees C special report.