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Report: Out of Step – China Is Driving the Continued Growth of the Global Coal Fleet

Posted November 20, 2019 by Ted Nace

Proposed fleet expansion will far exceed entire world’s limit for coal power under Paris Agreement

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Today, Global Energy Monitor released Out of Step: China is driving the continued growth of the global coal fleet.

NEW REPORT: Global Slowdown in Coal Power Investment Continues, but Chinese Power Industry Pushes for Hundreds of New Plants

Posted March 27, 2019 by Ted Nace

U.S. leads world in coal plant retirements, despite efforts by Trump administration to protect coal

NEW REPORT: Tsunami Warning — Can China’s Central Authorities Stop a Massive Surge in New Coal Plants Caused by Provincial Overpermitting?

Posted September 20, 2018 by Ted Nace

Like an approaching tsunami triggered by a distant earthquake, a massive cohort of hundreds of new coal-fired power plants is on course to be added to the already overbuilt Chinese coal plant fleet.

NEW REPORT: Global Coal Plant Development Drops for a Second Consecutive Year

Posted March 21, 2018 by Ted Nace

New construction down by 73 percent from 2015 to 2017 as China tightens restrictions and private finance leaves 17 construction sites abandoned in India

groundWork Launches The Destruction of the Highveld. Part 2: Burning Coal

Posted November 21, 2017 by Tshepo
Tags: coal, GroundWork, Mpumalanga Highveld, Research

This report documents the experience of fenceline communities and workers and people’s struggles for clean air to breathe. It also reports on the slow and partial responses to this growing environmental health crisis by a reluctant regulator.