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In Kenya, Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plant Threatens World Heritage Site

Posted September 4, 2015 by Laura
Tags: energy poverty, Kenya

In 2015, only about 23 percent of Kenya's 45,500,000 people have access to electricity, and this problem is particularly pronounced in rural areas of the East African country, where electrification drops to a staggering 4 percent. It's clear that the question is not whether or not something needs to be done -- it is unconscionable to leave people living in energy poverty. Rather, the issue is how do we start delivering energy services as quickly and as broadly as possible?

Coalwire 94, July 2, 2015

Posted July 1, 2015 by Bob Burton
Tags: Aboriginal, Adani, Alberta, Australia, Bangladesh, BNP Paribas, Camden power station, Canada, Carmichael mine, China, Coal India, coal scandals, Credit Agricole, E.ON, Energy Information Administration, energy poverty, Engie, Eskom, Essent, Galilee Basin, Great Barrier Reef, Grootvlei power station, India, Insititute of Public Affairs, Komati power station, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, Myanmar, Netherlands, NSW, Peabody Energy, Poland, Queensland, Queensland Treasury, Rampal, Romania, RWE, Sir David King, Societe Generale, South Korea, UK, US, US Environmental Protection Agency, Vattenfall, Wangan and Jangalingou, World Heritage Committee

Myanmar Activists Arrested; Qld Treasury Ignored Over Adani Subsidies; Peabody Energy’s Share Price Freefall.

CoalWire 90, June 4, 2015.

Posted June 4, 2015 by Bob Burton
Tags: Adani, Alpha Natural Resources, Australia, Boundary Dam, Bureau of Land Management, Canada, CCS, China, CNR, Coal India, Colombia, Corruption, Czech Republic, Damodar River, Damodar Valley Corporation, Drummond, energy poverty, export credit agencies, Fenoco, Glencore, Goldman Sachs, India, Japan, Jeb Bush, Jharia coalfield, Jharkhand, National Energy Administration, Nicholas Stern, NSW, OECD, Pakistan, Poland, Prodeco, rehabilitation, self-bonding, South Korea, Teck Resources, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Turow power station, US Energy Information Administration, Wangan and Jagalingou, Wood Mackenzie

Court restricts Colombian coal railway; OECD export credit agencies spending spree on coal.

Coal giant exploited Ebola crisis for corporate gain, say health experts

Posted May 21, 2015 by Laura
Tags: Ebola, energy poverty, Peabody

Public health experts involved in the response to the Ebola crisis have condemned what they described as a ludicrous, insulting and opportunistic attempt to exploit the disease for corporate gain by the world’s largest privately-held coal company. As part of a PR offensive to rebrand coal as a “21st-century fuel” that can help solve global poverty, it has emerged that at the height of Ebola’s impact in Africa, Peabody Energy promoted its product as an answer to Africa’s devastating public health crisis.

The truth behind Peabody’s campaign to rebrand coal as a poverty cure

Posted May 20, 2015 by Laura
Tags: China, energy poverty, Peabody

The world’s largest privately-held coal company has a long history of attacking climate science. Now it is working to change the conversation from a climate crisis to one of global poverty – with coal as the solution

Tag: energy poverty

In Kenya, Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plant Threatens World Heritage Site

Coalwire 94, July 2, 2015

CoalWire 90, June 4, 2015.

Coal giant exploited Ebola crisis for corporate gain, say health experts

The truth behind Peabody’s campaign to rebrand coal as a poverty cure