coal

May 6, 2018

Church joins shareholder revolt against coal lobby

The Church of England co-filed a resolution at the Australian AGM of mining company Rio Tinto Limited.
March 24, 2018

Secretary of State says no to opencast mine in Northumberland

Sajid Javid has rejected plans for an opencast coal mine at Druridge Bay, on the Northumberland coast.
March 3, 2018

Lawyers move to defend new EU rules from 'inexcusable' coal industry attack

Environmental lawyers have applied to intervene in a legal case, to ensure coal plants cannot continue to pollute at dangerous levels.
January 6, 2018

Coal phaseout must not mean gas lock-in, says Client Earth

ClientEarth lawyers are pleased the government has committed to phasing out the dirtiest source of energy, but doubts remain over what will replace it.
November 11, 2016

Clean energy crucial in fighting poverty say NGOS and faith groups

As nations meet in Marrakesh, Morocco to plot the global response to climate change, more than 120 organisations, including faith groups, southern movements and anti-poverty charities, have called for an end for all forms of public support for coal expansion and the world’s wealthiest economies to renounce coal totally.
July 14, 2016

Indian mining giant accused of 'corporate neglect of human rights'

India's state-owned mining operation Coal India Limited, the world's largest coal producer, is riding roughshod over the rights and land of vulnerable indigenous communities in pursuit of corporate expansion plans, Amnesty International says in a new report.
November 19, 2015

Christian Aid welcomes UK decision on coal

Christian Aid has welcomed Energy Secretary Amber Rudd’s announcement that the UK will stop using coal and also notes a new OECD agreement to tighten restrictions on exports of coal technology.
December 15, 2013

Coal industry held to environmental account in Scottish court ruling

Activists have welcomed the overturning of a decision to allow liquidators for Scottish Coal to abandon environmental obligations at former opencast mines.
November 22, 2013

Government fossil fuel 'pledge' excludes main UK body which funds it

The UK government has been accused of making an empty pledge on overseas fossil fuel projects, in another blow to its green pretensions.
June 9, 2013

Environmental and economic damage combine to hit the poor hardest

The grim facts of environmental degradation are causing worldwide economic loss and that means greater poverty and health problems, says Fr Shay Cullen, focusing on the ecological and financial cost of coal, and upon the impact on East Asia. Time and again short term benefits are mostly for the rich while the environmental damage hurts the poor, he says, citing a report commissioned by the G8 and the United Nation's Environmental Programme.