Zero. That was the sum total of new UK offshore wind projects bought by developers at a key government auction Thursday, as renewable energy groups shunned the sector as unviable even with heavy taxpayer subsidies.
Russia held its position as the largest coal supplier to Germany last year, despite Berlin being on the opposite side of the war in Ukraine.
Germany is reportedly considering diverting green agenda cash aimed at reducing coal power to the defence industry, amid the war in Ukraine.
A protest attended by Greta Thunberg against the expansion of a German coal mine descended into clashes between demonstrators and police.
Hundreds of climate activists clashed with police at an abandoned village in Germany that is due to be cleared for a coal mine expansion.
Global use of coal climbed to a record high as the energy crisis in Europe saw some supposedly ‘green’ countries forced to burn coal.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s running mate and lieutenant governor, Garlin Gilchrist, told a weekend campaign rally state Democrats want to “strengthen” their state’s “response to the climate crisis” and “close more coal plants.”
The electric vehicle of an unfortunate Washington, DC, tourist ran out of battery in the middle of a remote West Virginia road on Friday. Thankfully, a few unlikely good Samaritans were nearby to rescue the stranded traveler.
In a demonstration of Germany’s “green energy” agenda failures, a coal-fired power plant will be reconnected to the electricity grid.
After a warning from the head of three power companies, France’s government has announced that it will restart a coal-fired plant this winter.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping chose to address the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, by video link instead of attending in person.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Hundreds of Bulgarian coal miners and energy workers staged a protest on Wednesday to demand government guarantees for their jobs amid bids by the European Union to close mines and reduce carbon emissions.
The struggle to maintain American sovereignty now has a new flashpoint: the Network for Greening the Financial System.
John Oliver is facing a defamation lawsuit filed by multiple coal companies after the HBO host lambasted the coal industry and mining company Murray Energy Corporation and its chief executive Robert E. Murray.
On Friday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Joel Pollak asked Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross about the possibility of a free trade deal with Europe in the wake of America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accords.
In his March 20 speech in Louisville, Kentucky, President Trump sounded many familiar and important themes, including the importance of jobs, manufacturing, trade, and the need to revive the coal industry. And yet he also added a new and larger “meta-theme,” namely, the urgency of building up our industrial strength for the sake of economic and national security. That meta-theme, we might observe, is the essence of the “American System” of Henry Clay.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), in a joint statement with the Trump transition team on Thursday, praised Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Donald Trump Jr. defended Pennsylvania’s coal industry from former President Bill Clinton in a Wednesday appearance in southwestern Pennsylvania.
The cover story of Politico Magazine profiles coal workers in Pennsylvania who feel Donald Trump is their best choice out of the presumptive presidential nominees.
By now, most people know about Secretary Hillary Clinton’s recent campaign gaffe that “we’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.”
Appearing at a CNN town hall in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised that in her administration, “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.”
Forget subsidy-hungry wind, solar and hydro power alternatives. Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott believes coal is the future because it’s good for humanity. To prove he is a man of his word, Mr Abbott’s conservative coalition government has approved another massive new thermal coal mine for
The Sierra Club, backed by $50 million from Michael Bloomberg, will spend some $60 million, toward the goal of shuttering “half of all coal plants in the U.S. by 2017.”
