COAL - ADANI
Teenagers' legal request to revoke approval of Adani's mine. 'Two North Queensland teenagers have presented Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, with critical new evidence and strong legal grounds to revoke approval of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine. They have done their homework when the federal government has not. Acting on their behalf, EJA lawyers obtained independent evidence from climate and economic experts.' (Environmental Justice Australia) >
Erosion of Coal Plant Profits
Fast Erosion of Coal Plant Profits in the National Electricity Market. Analysis of Likely 2025 Generation Mix Shows Coal Plant Revenue Reductions of 44% - 67% 'The analysis detailed in this report suggests that the financial viability of several coal generators in the NEM will become severely compromised by 2025 such that closure becomes an attractive or even unavoidable choice for at least one power plant owner.' (Green Energy Markets, Melbourne) >
Energy Charter Treaty
An obscure treaty known as the Energy Charter Treaty is being mis-utilised by avaricious Fossil Fuel corporations to sue Governments who are seeking to move to sustainable renewable energy. Their aim is to demand compensation to cover their 'stranded assets'. (Avaaz - The World in Action) >
Coal Impacts Index
'The Coal Impacts Index is the most comprehensive list of breaches, breakdowns, and pollution events at Australia’s coal fired power stations ever assembled.' (Australia Beyond Coal) >
COAL: Fool’s Gold
Beyond-Coal. 'The financial institutions risking our renewable energy future with coal [Beyond Coal] examines eight European, and four significant international, financial institutions, and finds that all continued to pump money into coal companies in the year after the IPCC released its 1.5 degrees C special report.' >>
Coal Phaze-Out
Phazing out Coal in Europe. Overview of national phase-out announcements. 'A total of 72.8 gigawatts (GW) of coal power capacity is located in countries which have announced they will phase out coal by 2030 or earlier.' >>
Coal projects after COVID-19 lockdown
Coal power projects accelerate after COVID-19 lockdown: A New Coal Boom in China. Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Helsinki. >>
Tracking Clean Energy Progress
Assessing critical energy technologies for global clean energy transitions. International Energy Agency
Articles and Reports on:The Covid-19 Crisis and Clean Energy Progress and Batteries and hydrogen technology: keys for a clean energy future. >>
Global Coal Exit List
'The Global Coal Exit List (GCEL) is a unique, public database, which provides key statistics on companies throughout the entire thermal coal value chain. It aims to capture the world’s coal industry as a whole and serves as an information source and a divestment tool for the finance sector.' >>
Banking on coal
How central banks can address the financial risks and support a capital shift away from coal. New Economics Foundation, London (January 2020) >>