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CoalWire 402, January 27, 2022

Indian tribunal orders coal ash oversight; Indonesian export ban continues to hit thermal coal market; US President flags prospect of Manchin-friendly climate plan; NGOs dismayed at Czech Republic’s proposed Turow mine settlement.

CoalWire 401, January 20, 2022

Europe set to cut Polish funding over unpaid coal mine fines; Chinese bank drops out of backing Bosnian coal plant; Investigation finds Coal India subsidiary illegally mined areas in Assam.

CoalWire 400, January 13, 2022

Indonesia softens January coal export ban; Czech Republic announces 2033 coal end date; tailings dam collapses at South African coal mine; US audit report criticises wasteful spending on carbon capture projects.

CoalWire 399, December 21, 2021

Germany pays to close three more #coal units; Manchin vetoes Biden’s climate bill; only 10 out of 88 coal blocks in Indian auction attract 2 or more bids; Russian coal baron to face charges over mine explosion

Webinar Invitation for New Report on BRI Investments from Friends of the Earth US

Friends of the Earth US is pleased to publish a new report assessing the environmental and social performance of Chinese banks’ investments in Belt and Road countries. The report, “Investing in a Green Belt and Road? Assessing the Implementation of China’s Green Credit Guidelines Abroad,” examines Chinese overseas investments through the lens of the Green Credit Guidelines, a 2012 Chinese bank policy which obligates banks to comply with host country law and international norms and standards in overseas investments.

New reports : Who are the banks and investors still financing coal plant development ?

BankTrack, urgewald, FoE France, Rainforest Action Network and Re:Common, with the support of 16 partners around the world, have just launched this morning two new reports revealing who are the banks and investors still financing the top 120 coal plant developers identified by urgewald in the Global Coal Exit List, and responsible for 2/3 of the global coal plant pipeline.

[DCJActivists] The Big Bad Fix – The Case Against Geoengineering

he report warns that political and economic elites in key emitting countries are turning to geoengineering as a would-be technological fix for the climate crisis, at the same time they refuse to break with an economic model based on fossil fuels and high emissions.

New report on public financing for coal and renewables projects

One year after the Paris Agreement entered into force, are countries really shifting their financial flows to be consistent with a low-greenhouse-gas-emissions future? Our latest report, Power Shift, compares G20 governments’ financing for coal projects and renewable energy projects abroad. Our findings indicate that countries are still financing more coal than renewables projects abroad. Some progress has been made in shifting flows away from dirty energy like coal and into clean energy projects like solar and wind, but more needs to be done.