Tag: coal
In the midst of an energy crisis, South Africa is delaying its exit from coal
South Africa recommends delaying the decommissioning of its coal-fired power plants. The country has been facing a severe electricity crisis for months, but has pledged to abandon fossil emissions. Despite…
Unique Swedish invention gives hope to coal victims
Today, hundreds of thousands of Swedes live with the lung disease anthrax, and around 3,000 people die from anthrax every year. But now there is hope for all those affected…
Relaunch of nuclear power in France: “If we don’t want coal, we must continue to use power plants”
From this Monday, March 13, the bill concerning nuclear revival must be debated in the National Assembly. Emmanuel Macron wants six additional reactors by 2035 and wants to launch studies…
China wants to increase its coal production to ensure its energy security
While global energy-related CO2 emissions increased by a further 0.9% in 2022, reaching a new record of more than 36.8 billion tonnes, China announces at the opening this Sunday of…
Coal mines in Germany: can there be effects on air quality in France?
Police bogged down to the calves, an excavator – the “Bagger” – facing thousands of demonstrators, including Greta Thunberg, who came to defend a hamlet to be devoured by the…
In Europe, the great comeback of coal
The war in Ukraine alone does not explain the return of coal to Europe. The proof is that the consumption of this fossil fuel has been on the rise for…
Lützerath coal mine: when Germany gets bogged down in its energy transition
The weight of the symbol. In Lützerath, a small hamlet in North Rhine-Westphalia wedged between Aix-la-Chapelle and Düsseldorf, there was an air of strange defeat for the Energiewende this weekend,…
Dozens of protesters and police officers injured in German coal mine protests – Greta Thunberg was carried away by the police
Germany plans to clear the village of Lützerath out of the way of the coal mine. Protesters have been protesting the plans for several days. Jussi Nurminen, Elsa Osipova 16:17•Updated…
The protests continue – here the German village is being demolished for coal mining
Lützerath is an 800-year-old German village whose fate is now sealed, according to authorities and energy giant RWE. It must be sacrificed as the country cries out for energy since…
Police drag activists out of deserted German village so it can be bulldozed out of the way of a coal mine
On Monday, the court decided that the areas of Lützerath will belong to the energy company RWE in the future. Protesters have been opposing the expansion of the Garzweiler lignite…