“Fossil-Free” Energy: India’s Aluminum Industry In Peril

The situation in India is a stark reminder to the rest of the industrialized world. The slip from abundance to deficiency is subtle and can easily happen when the share…

China Suffers Widespread Power Blackout Chaos as Strict Climate Targets Bite

Xi Jinping’s attempt to force China to hit unrealistic emissions cuts, ahead of the COP26 climate conference, has caused power blackout chaos throughout China, as cities switch off their coal…

Aussie Deputy PM Hilights Britain’s Climate Policy Energy Crisis

Australia’s Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce, leader of the junior partner in Australia’s coalition government, has indicated he he will not support any legislation which threatens coal jobs.

BoJo Scolds World Leaders for Lacklustre COP26 Climate Finance Commitments

As Britain turns to coal to fend off blackouts during the Europe wide wind drought, British PM Boris Johnson has scolded other world leaders for not agreeing to a shutdown…

Renewable Britain Undersea Cable Failure Sends Electricity Prices Soaring

Britain may face the embarrassment of being forced to ramp up coal power during Glasgow COP26, as a critical undersea cable failure has cut the ability of imported French nuclear…

CNN: “Australia is shaping up to be the villain of COP26 climate talks”

UN officials, British and US politicians are urging Aussies to take Australia’s alleged ongoing climate devastation more seriously.

Britain forced to fire up coal plant amid record power prices and winter squeeze

The UK has turned to a coal-fired power station to help boost its energy supply after global gas and power prices hit new highs and wind farms produced very low…

UN Warns Australia that Climate Savvy Investors are Abandoning Coal

As Aussie coal stocks soar, likely thanks to the breakdown in climate talks between the USA and China, the UN has issued a new warning that coal is doomed.

Aussie Coal Miners Demand Compensation for when Net Zero 2050 is Declared

Coal miners are demanding handouts when the $50 billion / year export earning pits are closed, coal plants are demanding handouts to stay open, to stabilise the grid, renewable operators…

Claim: As the world battles to slash carbon emissions, Australia considers paying dirty coal stations to stay open longer

Major coal generators say the proposal will achieve this aim. But renewables operators and others oppose the plan, saying it will pay coal plants for simply existing and delay the…

Peak Coal?

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Climate Doomed by Coal… Again

Guest “I don’t care who you are. That’s funny right there!” by David Middleton HOPPY’S COMMENTARYCoal is Back… For NowBy Hoppy KerchevalAugust 23, 2021 Coal is hot. Even as the…

China To Build 43 New Coal-Fired Power Plants

The report reckons that these new coal plants and blast furnaces will add 150 million tonnes to China’s CO2 emissions. This is roughly half the UK’s total emissions.

The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 – what does it mean for net zero?

Unless coal prices remain permanently high (unlikely), or the cost of carbon emissions is more prohibitive due to taxes or carbon trading schemes (possible, but perhaps not everywhere), or there…

Forbes: “Forget About Peak Oil – We Haven’t Even Reached Peak Coal Yet”

Mainstream media is waking up that despite billions invested in renewable energy, oil and coal use are surging.

Aussie Coal Miner Accused of Violating Climate Change Disclosure Rules

Market Forces, an Affiliate of Friends of the Earth, wants regulators to smack New Hope Mining for claiming coal is here to stay. But New Hope have quietly challenged the…

Power Grid Operators, Experts And Federal Audit Office Warn Of Blackouts As Coal, Nuclear Get Phased Out

As wildly fluctuating, weather-dependent green energies come increasingly online, German grid operators and the German Federal Audit Office are warning the German government of power blackouts. But the government is…

Climate Activist Europe Firing Up Coal Plants as Gas Shortage Bites

As Europe emerges from a harsh winter with depleted gas reserves, desperate European governments are increasingly firing up old coal plants to bridge the energy supply gap.

Climate Woke G7 Agrees to Eliminate Coal Jobs

Anyone listening in Pennsylvania?

L A Times Publishes Beijing-Funded Propaganda, Conceals China’s Massive Coal Use & Emissions

Biden, the Democratic Party, the L A Times and other ill-informed climate alarmists are completely out of touch with global energy and emissions realities with their incompetent schemes mandating that…