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China aims to shut 8.7 GW of coal power by year-end – regulator

September 30, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Coal (TRBC), Emerging Market Countries, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, fired Power Stations, Pollution, POWER, Power Markets, Regulation, UK, Utilities (TRBC)

FILE PHOTO: Cranes unload coal from a cargo ship at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China December 8, 2018.

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Inspired by Greta Thunberg, worldwide protest demands climate action

September 21, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Asia / Pacific, Australia, BELGIUM, CHANGE, Children / Youth Issues, China (PRC), Civil Unrest, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Education, Environment, Europe, France, Germany, Japan, KENYA, Labour Disputes, Lebanon, Major News, Middle East, Nature / Wildlife, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Pictures, Poland, Pollution, South Africa, STRIKE, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, US, Western Europe

(Reuters) – Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world on Friday to demand political leaders

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Australian students kick off global climate strike with message for government: Do your job

September 20, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, CHANGE, China (PRC), CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Environment, Labour Disputes, Major News, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, STRIKE, US, Western Europe

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of school students walked out of their classrooms and onto Australian streets on Friday to kick

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U.S. utilities file legal challenge to Trump power plant rule

September 17, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Coal, Company News, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Europe, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, Multiline Utilities (TRBC), PETITION, Pollution, Power Markets, Products / Services, Real Estate Markets, Renewable Energy, Solar Power Stations, United Kingdom, United States, US, US Government News, USA, UTILITIES, Utilities (TRBC)

FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the coal-fired Jim Bridger power plant outside Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S. April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jim

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Twenty-two states sue Trump administration over carbon rule replacement

August 14, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Coal (TRBC), Colombia, Energy (TRBC), Environment, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Pollution, Power Markets, Renewable Energy, South America / Central America, TRUMP, United States, US, USA, Utilities (TRBC)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two states, including New York and California, and seven cities on Tuesday sued to challenge the Environmental

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World leaders must prove they’ve listened to climate activists: Thunberg

August 7, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Droughts, Environment, Europe, European Union, Floods, Germany, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Greenland, Human Rights / Civil Rights, International Trade, Non, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Science, Sweden, Switzerland, United Nations, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe, Wildfires / Forest Fires, YOUTH

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – World leaders must prove that they have listened to young climate activists after a year of

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European Investment Bank proposes end to fossil fuel lending

July 27, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Central / Eastern Europe, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Currency Devaluation, Debt / Fixed Income Markets, East European Countries, Eastern Europe, EIB, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Europe, European Union, FOSSILFUELS, Germany, Government / Politics, Hungary, Italy, Major News, Natural Gas Utilities (TRBC), Oil and Gas (TRBC), Poland, Romania, South, Spain, United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – The European Investment Bank wants to stop funding new fossil fuel-reliant projects by the end of 2020,

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China’s top steelmaking city Tangshan steps up anti-smog curbs: local media

July 22, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Coal, Coal (TRBC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Industrials (TRBC), Iron / Steel, Iron Ore, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Pollution, STEEL, TANGSHAN, Transportation (TRBC), US

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from a chimney among houses as new high-rise residential buildings are seen under construction on a

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Exclusive: U.N. chief calls on EU to raise 2030 climate goal to 55%

June 16, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments BELGIUM, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Coal, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Energy (TRBC), Enterprise Reporting, Environment, EU, Europe, European Union, EXCLUSIVE, fired Power Stations, France, Germany, Government / Politics, International Trade, Major News, Poland, Pollution, UN, United Nations, United States, US, Western Europe

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the European Union to aim for a 55% cut in

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Britain must end financial help for fossil fuel projects abroad lawmakers

June 10, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments BRITAIN, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Coal, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, Europe, fired Power Stations, FOSSIL, FUEL, Government / Politics, Government Finances, Pollution, Power Markets, Real Estate Markets, Renewable Energy, Subsidies, SUPPORT, United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad by 2021 as it undermines the nation’s efforts to

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