MEPs Must Tighten Biomass Regulations to Avoid Subsidising Coal
All MEPs now have a chance to cut biomass-coal cogen subsidies
Response to the UK Government’s Policy on Implementing Coal Phase-Out
For all intents and purposes, the proposed legislation will lead to a complete UK coal phase-out from October 2025.
More baseload gas plants to come?
Publication of the electricity units bidding into the UK capacity market shows large support for new gas and old coal
Out of touch ETS reform puts Member States in the spotlight
Last night’s trialogue agreement failed to restore the ETS as Europe’s flagship climate policy. The EU and Member States must now immediately look to how emissions can be cut rapidly before 2020 with other policies
Stop the ETS funding coal, Start raising the carbon price
Today civil society across Europe are releasing an open letter calling on the EU negotiators to pull a rabbit out of a hat, and make two changes to put the European power and industry on the right track to rapidly and cost-effectively cut their emissions
New 28 nation alliance join forces to take Europe Beyond Coal
Today Sandbag joins a new civil society movement to end coal in Europe before 2030. Europe Beyond Coal is a collective campaign to catalyse the move away from coal and towards clean energy.