During an interview with PBS released on Tuesday’s “Settle In” podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) stated that we are as “Dumb as we want to be” by reopening coal power plants. Newsom said that “Climate risk is financial risk”
A report published by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) on Monday found that China is burning record-high amounts of coal at its power plants this year, generating roughly 21 gigawatts of coal power in the first six months of 2025.
Three senior South African government officials told Reuters on Thursday that South Africa will miss its climate change targets under the Paris Agreement because shutting down the country’s eight coal-fired power plants would cause a massive energy crisis.
“Now is not the time to shut down power plants. Until it is clear that energy is available and affordable” said the minister.
China’s mad dash for coal power continues, even as Western governments tell their citizens to make more sacrifices for “climate change.”
Despite the prospect of another winter energy crisis, the UK’s final reserve coal-fired power plants are to shortly go dark forever.
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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.
The UK is calm, cloudy, and cold, leaving the National Grid bringing three coal power plants back online to cover the lack of renewables.
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.
Brexit champion Nigel Farage has slammed to green-obsessed “idiots” running the country as the National Grid warms up two coal-fired reserve power plants in case of shortages.
Britain’s National Grid has announced it is firing up two coal-fired reserve power plants as a winter snap and lack of wind leave the country facing blackouts amid a general energy crisis.
Boris Johnson had committed to ending all coal burning in the UK by 2024, but the next government would not be bound by such promise.
In a demonstration of Germany’s “green energy” agenda failures, a coal-fired power plant will be reconnected to the electricity grid.
Nearly all of eastern Australia suffered localized blackouts on Tuesday evening, with some of the power outages expected to extend into at least Wednesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
A shortage of gas triggered by Russia could leave six million without power, the govt asks coal stations it ordered close to remain open.
China has doubled down on refusing to stick to its climate pledges by announcing Monday it will be expanding operations of coal-fired power plants across the country.
