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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.

CoalWire 274, May 9, 2019

Posted May 8, 2019 by Bob Burton
Tags: Australia, Canada, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kosovo, Malaysia, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, US, Zimbabwe

Indonesian utility head named as corruption suspect; ex Malaysian PM on trial; Italian insurance company says no on Polish mine; Norwegian fund dumps more coal.

CoalWire 273, May 2, 2019

Posted May 2, 2019 by Bob Burton
Tags: Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, US, Vietnam

German plant scrapped; Japanese utilities shift stance; DBS and Talanx Group unveil new policies.

CoalWire 272, April 18, 2019

Posted April 17, 2019 by Bob Burton
Tags: Australia, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Europe, Greece, India, Indonesia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, Serbia, South Africa, Taiwan, US, Vietnam

Asian bank flags coal funding end; Taiwan plant fined over pollution; US courts overturn two Trump coal moves; Puerto Rico bans use of coal after 2028; new coal plant growth in India slows; Standard Bank rules out funding for two new South African plants.

CoalWire 271, April 11, 2019

Posted April 10, 2019 by Bob Burton

Ex-Malaysian PM faces court; alarm over new Vietnamese plant; Norway moves to tighten coal criteria.