Poland and Ukraine are increasing this year’s production of thermal coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, preparing for colder months as Europe grapples with an energy security crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. Coal use as fuel for thermal... 

Germany will significantly increase its use of coal to protect its energy resources before the winter months come, and Russia’s reduction in gas exports threatens the deficits in Europe’s largest economy. The German government has stated... 

Herculean global action to roll back the economic carnage of the coronavirus is about to bump into a new problem: climate change. With as much as $15 trillion in economic stimulus on offer – an unfathomable 17% of global GDP – we’ll see spending... 

The European Union will need to continue having a nuclear energy share of at least one-quarter until 2050 to meet the emissions reduction targets it has set for that year, according to a new report from Deloitte. The EU has set targets of reducing emissions... 

Global energy-related carbon emissions rose to a record high last year as energy demand and coal use increased, mainly in Asia, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. Energy-related CO2 emissions rose by 1.7 percent to 33.1 billion tonnes... 

The lukewarm response to the report of the commission set up to advise on plans for the elimination of coal use in Germany is understandable. The commission’s conclusions push the end of coal use out to 2038. The plan is cautious enough to have secured... 

Fossil fuel producers may need $90 billion a year or more to spread carbon capture technology. Some of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel producers are calling on taxpayers to help them kick their pollution habit. The world’s biggest oil, natural gas...