Europe’s Gas Power Plant Overbuild Undermines Climate Credibility
November 15, 2024 12:01 amAs European countries position themselves as global climate leaders at COP29, a new briefing from Beyond Fossil Fuels reveals a […]
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Europe’s Gas Plant Overbuild Threatens to Undercut Climate Credibility
November 15, 2024 12:01 amBAKU, 15 November, 2024 – As European countries position themselves as global climate leaders at COP29, a new briefing from […]
Polish court ducks opportunity to reign in PGE at Turów
August 31, 2023 3:47 pmWarsaw's Administrative Court has suspended proceedings on Turów coal mine's sham environmental impact assessment (EIA) that its owner PGE requires for its licence renewal. The verdict leaves local communities, already battered by water shortages, subsidence and dust, to stare down the barrel of a further twenty years of mining, while they await the claimants’ appeal.
RWE tears down operational wind turbines in grab for more coal
August 28, 2023 5:10 pmAs devastating wildfires continue to ravage Europe as a consequence of the climate emergency, German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling operational wind turbines near its sprawling Garzweiler open pit coal mine in North Rhine Westphalia with the intention of excavating a further 15 to 20 million tonnes of coal.
Flawed Turów coal mine assessment gets green light
October 10, 2022 3:07 pmPoland’s General Director for Environmental Protection waved through an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the country’s Turów coal mine this past Friday, despite expert analysis showing the EIA severely underestimates the amount of groundwater the mine is draining.
RWE concedes 2030 coal exit, but still plans to destroy villages and to invest in fossil fuel projects
October 4, 2022 4:37 pmGerman utility RWE has conceded that it will exit coal by 2030, eight years earlier than previously planned, further confirming Germany’s 2030 coal exit. However, the agreement struck with the federal, and state government for North Rhine-Westphalia will still see RWE destroy the village of Lützerath and commit it to fossil gas investments.
Chemnitz-Nord lignite plant to close six years earlier than planned
June 7, 2021 2:36 pmOperator Eins Energie für Sachsen has decided to bring forward the closure, Germany’s Chemnitz-Nord plant will shut six years earlier.
Europe’s coal phaseout: we’re halfway there
March 23, 2021 2:03 pmIt has been five years since the UN Paris Climate Agreement, and in that short time, half of Europe’s coal plants have closed, or have announced pre-2030 closure plans. 2030 is now the key date for coal in Europe and the OECD, as it’s the latest possible moment these countries can close their coal plants and still meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Czech Republic to sue Poland over Turów coal mine
February 22, 2021 4:54 pmLocal 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.