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For the sake of the climate, there needs to be a global campaign to reduce China’s coal

Posted May 15, 2019 by Bob Burton
Tags: China, climate

There is a popular brain-teaser question in China: How many steps do you need to put an elephant into a refrigerator? The answer is three steps: first, open the door of the refrigerator; second, put the elephant into it; third, close the door.

Follow the (Taxpayer) Money: Introducing the Global Coal Finance Tracker

Posted December 5, 2018 by Ted Nace

Two months after the IPCC special report Global Warming of 1.5°C, and with the start of the COP24 climate conference in Poland, the world is watching to see if countries will shift from expanding to retiring the global fleet of coal-fired power plants. In order to shine light on government financial support for coal plants, CoalSwarm has developed a new tool, the Global Coal Finance Tracker.

New renewables cost data closes off coal power’s CCS escape route

Posted November 14, 2018 by Bob Burton
Tags: Boundary Dam, Canada, CCS, Kemper, Shand, US

The latest power generation costs data by the consultancy Lazard reveals that coal industry’s preferred climate escape route of promoting carbon capture and storage on coal power plants has disappeared as a financially viable option.

Trevor St Baker, one of Australia’s last true believers in coal power

Posted September 26, 2018 by Bob Burton
Tags: Australia, coal, renewables

Trevor St Baker has a decades-long history in Australia’s coal power sector and has emerged as one of the most prominent opponents in the ranks of the power industry of a rapid transition to greater renewables generation. As opposition to renewables from Australia’s largest electricity utilities has faded, St Baker has emerged as one of the few dissenting voices left.

The International Energy Agency’s non-existent guideline on curtailing renewables

Posted September 25, 2018 by Bob Burton
Tags: Australia, IEA, renewables, Solar, wind

The International Energy Agency (IEA) reportedly has a guideline which says solar and wind energy should be curtailed to ensure power from coal and other ‘dispatchable’ generation never falls below 50 per cent of generation “at any time”. Or so Trevor St Baker, one of the co-owners of the polluting Vales Point coal power station in Australia, claims.