Category: Coal

End of an era as Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down

UK’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ends as turbines at Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stop for goodBritain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will...

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High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years

Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven The UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years will not be allowed to go ahead after a ruling in the high court.On Friday morning, Justice...

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Cumbria project will be ‘net zero’, coalmine firm tells high court

Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approvedThe company behind the first new coalmine in the UK for 30 years has argued in the high court on Tuesday that it would be...

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Landmark supreme court ruling throws doubt on new UK fossil fuel projects

Campaigners hail judgment that planning approval bodies must consider full ongoing climate impact The climate impact of burning coal, oil and gas must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve projects, the supreme...

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Investment in clean energy likely to be double figure for fossil fuels in 2024, IEA says

Low-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goalsGlobal investment in low-carbon electricity will rise to 10 times as much as fossil fuel power this year due...

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Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine

Michael Gove said UK needed coal to make steel, but business department papers drafted around same time say it will notPreviously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new...

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World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds

Coal must be phased out seven times faster and deforestation reduced four times faster to avoid worst impacts of climate breakdown, says reportCoal must be phased out seven times faster than is now happening, deforestation must...

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Rishi Sunak stop-start policies harming UK green investment, says net-zero tsar

Exclusive: Lack of confidence in ‘inconsistent’ government is huge barrier to investors, finds former energy minister Chris Skidmore Rishi Sunak has been criticised by his own net-zero tsar, who says the UK risks...

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Sunak’s stop-start policies harming UK green investment, says net zero tsar

Exclusive: Lack of confidence in ‘inconsistent’ government is huge barrier to investors, finds Chris SkidmoreRishi Sunak has been criticised by his own net zero tsar, who says the UK risks missing its green targets...

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