Correct, Hot Air, Premature Coal Closures Pose a Serious Threat to Grid Stability

…shutting down functioning, reliable, megawatt fossil fuel plants ≠ enough power when you need it.

Marc Morano: China is getting a pass

Morano on Fox News from Dubai: Unelected ‘climate potentate’ John Kerry’s decreeing the end of coal will benefit China – ‘This is the Great Reset summit. We did not vote…

Net Zero’s dirty secret: Britain’s green transition is powered by Chinese coal

 New Statesman analysis of climate and trade data exposes how much the UK’s net-zero agenda depends on cheap foreign coal power, particularly from China.

Economic Progress and Fossil Fuels: The Elephant in the Room at U.N. Climate Conference

The reality of economic imperatives, however, will eventually expose the folly of decarbonization plans.

COP28: India doubles down on right to increase coal power and CO2 emissions

“India cannot survive without coal as it has no other options.”

US Backing New Plan To Cripple Coal Industry At UN Climate Conference

The Biden administration is set to back a plan that would crush the coal industry at the upcoming United Nations (UN) climate summit, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Beijing’s Coal Boom Is Here to Stay

In short, China’s security and economic growth depend on satiating the country’s colossal appetite for fossil fuels. Western politics around a non-existent climate crisis won’t change that.

India To Increase Coal Production By 60%

The Union coal ministry on Monday announced plans to increase India’s coal production to 1.404 billion tonne by 2027, with an eye to further boost it to 1.577 billion tonne…

The Energy Future we need to have a Future worth having.

So deciding between the so-called renewables and coal for power generation is a false choice. Because coal isn’t a long-term option.

It’s Cold: Germany Fires Up Reserve Coal Plant

The success of the Energiewende on full display.

China Coal: Reuters’ “weird climate logic”

The fact that China’s carbon dioxide emissions are being ignored while U.S. energy policies are destroying the reliability of its power grids and undermining its energy independence is telling.

G20: Coal Should be Phased Down “in line with national circumstances”

In response to UN calls for the urgent elimination of coal, the G20 has responded with a commitment to keep coal as long as needed, and to pursue nuclear energy…

From Poverty to Moon Landing: How Coal Propelled Indian Economy

By 2020, the number of Indians with access to electricity had reached 99%. Yes, fossil fuels improved the lives of billions.

L A Times Hypes “Green China” the World’s Champ of Global Coal Use & CO2 Emissions While Demanding U.S. Declare a “Climate Emergency”

There is no scientific basis that supports the L A Times purely politically contrived and preposterous propaganda demand for a “climate emergency” to be declared in the U.S. 

King Coal Outdistancing Wind/Solar/Hydro/Other Renewables

“Global coal production is expected to grow further in 2023, driven by an expected strong ramp-up of production in China, India, and Indonesia in the first six months, offsetting declines…

The Dimming of Coal: The UK’s Emergency Power Reserves in Peril

…electricity supplies this winter would be less secure

BBC: China is Firming Wind and Solar Power with Coal Plants

There is something very Chinese about building co-located coal plants, to stabilise output from their solar and wind plants.

Aussie Government Admits the Green Energy Revolution will Require Lots of Coal

“… Each new megawatt of solar power requires 35-45 tonnes of steel, which still needs iron ore and coal …”

Coal To the Rescue in Britain as Solar Panels Also Work Too Poorly in The Summertime

Great Britain is finding out that going without coal power is a lot easier said than done.

“Stranded Assets”: Who Will Have the Last Laugh?

On the first day when any government withdraws its subsidies for any wind, solar or battery asset, that asset becomes “stranded.”