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China's record of broken promises leaves no point in talking climate change
Beijing’s latest power grab in Hong Kong kills any autonomy the former British colony had left — utterly breaking all the promises China's rulers made when the United Kingdom handed...
US energy use hit 30-year low during pandemic shutdowns
BILLINGS, Mont. — US energy consumption plummeted to its lowest level in more than 30 years this spring as the nation’s economy largely shut down because of the coronavirus, federal...
'Reckless' coal plant demolition releases huge dust cloud in Chicago
An implosion at a coal plant in southwest Chicago that was captured in photographs and video created a cloud of dust that lingered over a community of homes. The Saturday...
Germany defends coal phase-out against critics
Economy Minister Peter Altmaier called the plan to phase out the burning of coal by 2038 "a breakthrough" in efforts to combat climate change.
Germany speeds up coal phase-out in effort to tackle climate change
Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the country's efforts to fight climate change, the government...
One of nation's largest coal plants slashes operations
BILLINGS, Mont. — One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the western US will close two of its four units in coming days as the Montana facility edges toward...
Bloomberg would shut down coal plants if elected president
Mike Bloomberg would shut down the nation’s remaining 251 polluting coal power plants and halt construction of 150 new gas facilities as part of a sweeping program to slash carbon...
China going big on coal guarantees the world won’t meet its carbon-cutting goals
Pretty much everything the rest of the world is doing to reduce carbon emissions is being neutralized by a single big, bad actor — and it’s not the United States...
Japan's environment minister says climate fight has to be 'sexy'
NEW YORK - Japan’s new environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, pledged on Sunday to mobilize young people to push his coal-dependent country toward a low-carbon future by making the fight against...
New York among 29 states and cities suing Trump's EPA over power plant rules
New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a lawsuit brought by 29 states and cities aiming to block the Trump administration from repealing Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants....
Air quality in the US is getting worse after years of improvement
After decades of improvement, America’s air may not be getting any cleaner. Over the last two years, the nation had more polluted air days than just a few years earlier,...
Balkans face alarming levels of air pollution from coal plants: UN
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — People in all major cities across the western Balkans face alarming levels of air pollution that are reducing their life expectancies because the underdeveloped, politically fragile region...
New York power plants on track to be coal free by 2020: Cuomo
New York’s effort to go coal free at all of the state’s power plants by 2020 appears to be on track, Governor Cuomo said Thursday. The final stages to phase...
UK has first week without burning coal for electricity
LONDON — Britain has gone a week without burning coal for electricity for the first time since the 19th century. Power operator National Grid says coal hasn’t contributed to the...
German electricity giant says it won't invest in new coal power plants
BERLIN — German energy company RWE says it won’t invest in new coal-fired power stations and is scrapping plans for a lignite-fired plant in western Germany. RWE, which operates several...
Germany aims to stop burning coal by 2038
BERLIN — In a pioneering move, a German government-appointed panel has recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to...
Coal plants, mountains of trash show urgency of climate talks
WARSAW, Poland — As politicians haggle at a UN climate conference in Poland over ways to limit global warming, the industries and machines powering our modern world keep spewing their...
Future of coal takes center stage at climate talks in Poland
KATOWICE, Poland — Negotiators from around the world opened the United Nations’ annual climate change conference Sunday in a Polish city built around mining coal, widely seen as a main...
China’s coal project in Serbia raises climate change worries
KOSTOLAC, Serbia — A foul smell permeates the air in this gray mining town. People rarely open their windows as thick smoke billows from the huge chimneys of Serbia’s main...
Coal power isn't declining fast enough to meet climate goals
BILLINGS, Mont. — Declines in coal power plant construction in China, India and the US are projected to push the heavily-polluting fuel over the edge -- but not fast enough...