Coal
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Oil
Oil and gas destined to become the new coal as big investors retreat
New report from IEEFA finds a brewing storm of major financial institutions divesting from Arctic and oil sand drilling signals a dark future for oil and gas.
Battery
Coal
Governments
Solar
Storage
United States Government
Utilities
New Mexico utility to replace coal plant with four solar and battery projects
Another major US utility unveils plans to replace an ageing coal power plant with solar and storage, via four projects totalling nearly 1GW of new renewable capacity.
Australian Federal Government
Coal
Governments
Renewables
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Don’t delay fossil fuel exit, just make it work for workers and consumers, experts say
Death of the fossil fuel industry will be manageable, experts argue, and efforts to prolong its life will benefit only the industry itself.
China
Climate
Coal
Governments
Markets
Renewables
China’s coal contradiction: The power’s not cheap, and the fuel is not abundant
China is the world's biggest producer of energy-intensive products, but it has higher than average energy costs and will be stuck with these until it gets out of coal.
The IEA has finally twigged that solar is much cheaper than it thought – in fact, up to 50% cheaper than its estimates of just two years ago.
Coal
Governments
NSW Government
Vales Point coal plant fined just $30,000 for dumping toxic pollution
Vales Point coal plant, which is to get $8.7m of taxpayers money to fund upgrades, fined just $30,000 for breaches of rules regarding dumping of toxic materials.
AEMO
CleanTech Bites
Climate
Coal
Governments
Institutions
Renewables
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Western Australian Government
Wind
Rooftop solar and battery storage take centre stage in W.A energy transition
Rooftop solar and battery storage to play central role in WA energy transition, but the state's new 20-year blueprint does not include stretch climate targets.
Angus Taylor
Australian Federal Government
Coal
Governments
People
Vales Point coal plant to get $8.7m handout for upgrades, but not life extension
The 42-year-old Vales Point coal plant to receive $8.7m in public funds, to pay for upgrades, but government says it won't extend the plant's life.
Climate
Coal
Germany
Governments
Renewables
Europe’s new climate target would mean near total exit from coal by 2030
Proposed new climate target for Europe would result in the near total elimination of coal fired generation by 2030, experts say.
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Coal
Josh Frydenberg
Smart Transport
Australia’s new budget feeds taxpayer fuel to an emissions monster
The granting of public money to one of Australia's biggest coal-hungry emissions monsters is a notable acceleration of the government's descent into climate self destruction.
