Solving the coal puzzle

by | December 18, 2019 | Coal, Europe | 0 Comments

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

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Playing With Fire

by | December 15, 2019 | Coal, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

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

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The A-B-C of BCAs

by | December 3, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

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

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

by | November 13, 2019 | Coal | 0 Comments

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

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Coal Free Kingdom

by | November 13, 2019 | Coal, UK | 0 Comments

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

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

by | July 31, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Coal, ETS | 0 Comments

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

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The Case of ArcelorMittal

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This briefing examines how the world’s biggest steel company, ArcelorMittal, is set to become the largest1 beneficiary of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. By 2012 the company is set to have 80 million permits to pollute which it does not need and which it was given for free. If sold, these will make over £1 billion in windfall profits by 2012, paid for in part, by UK power consumers.

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December 10, 2009