Solving the coal puzzle

Lessons from four years of coal phase-out policy in Europe

Playing With Fire

An assessment of company plans to burn biomass in EU coal power stations

The A-B-C of BCAs

An overview of the issues around introducing Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU

Coal mine methane leaks are worse for climate change than all shipping and aviation

New IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal mine methane leaks add up to a third to emissions from coal

Coal Free Kingdom

UK election manifestos should commit to take the UK fully coal-free, including in industry, finance, and domestic heating – ready for next year’s COP26 in Glasgow

The cash cow has stopped giving: Are Germany’s lignite plants now worthless?

Our new research finds German lignite gross profits collapsed 54% so far in 2019. With lignite now loss-making, the case for Gov. compensation has collapsed

MEPs vote on reforms to tackle cement sector’s windfall profits from the ETS

MEPs in the European Parliament Environment Committee (ENVI), voting on amendments to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), have proposed to stop giving free allowances to several industrial sectors, including cement. Instead, they plan to adopt border adjustment measures to tax imported emissions and ensure European industry remains competitive under the ETS.

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