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CoalWire 200, September 21, 2017

Coal India at risk of huge fine; South Africa freezes new plants; BHP may dump coal lobby groups.

BHP under pressure to dump pro-coal lobby groups over climate policy

BHP now faces an acute dilemma: does it keep trying to both run with the hare and hunt with the hounds? Or does it opt to support the intent of the Paris Agreement and publicly dump the Minerals Council of Australia?

Protests grow over Russian coal pollution

As Russian coal companies have pursued new mining projects and increased exports into the Asian market through ports in the Far East, public protests against pollution have grown.

CoalWire 197, August 31, 2017

Protests in Germany, Thailand; China unveils cleaner air target; India coal power auction collapses.

IEEFA Report: Costly and Unreliable, Two Multibillion-Dollar American Coal-Gasification Experiments Prove the Case Against Such Projects

Sept. 7, 2017 (IEEFA.org) — The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) published a report describing how coal-to-gasification technology for electricity-generation purposes remains commercially unviable.

The fate of European coal-fired power stations planned in the mid-2000s: Insights for policymakers, companies, and investors considering new coal

Between 2005 and 2008 European utilities were determined to embark on a major coal-plant construction programme. They announced plans to build 49 GW of new coal-fired power capacity.

Climate and coal policies of leading global insurers – briefing papers

AUGUST 3, 2017
Leading insurers have started to put their climate rhetoric into action and to exit the coal sector. Even so Unfriend Coal, a coalition of climate activists, has found that five prominent European insurers – Allianz, Generali, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Zurich – continue to hold at least $361 million of assets in companies which are planning to develop 97,000 megawatts of new coal power plants.

Hidden Price Tags: How ending fossil fuel subsidies would benefit our health

Choose Health aims to build momentum for the phase
out of fossil fuels subsidies, especially for coal power
generation, by stimulating awareness and engagement
in the medical community.