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Spinning carbon capture and storage as cheaper than renewables
Supporters of carbon capture plants on coal power stations are seeking to sell the story they are cheaper than renewables – despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Bob Burton

Feb 27, 2017

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Can Donald Trump really make the clean energy tide recede?
No matter how much Trump waves his magic wand there’s not much he can do to revive the prospects for thermal coal.
Bob Burton

Nov 24, 2016

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Coal

Coal consultant warns thermal coal use could plummet – but dodges questions
Wood Mackenzie estimates seaborne thermal coal use would have to fall by 40 per cent by 2035 to meet the 2° target.
Bob Burton

Sep 22, 2016

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Renewables

Hunger strike pushes South Korea to defer coal plant plan
A protest and one-week hunger strike has prompted the South Korean Government to indefinitely postpone consideration of the 1160 MW ‘Dangjin Eco Power’ coal-fired plant.
Bob Burton

Aug 4, 2016

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Coal and coral shouldn’t mix, but they do
Just a few kilometres from the wild south-western coast of Madagascar – home to part of the world’s third largest coral reef system – the coal-laden New Mykonos has sunk and is slowly breaking apart.
Bob Burton

May 19, 2016

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Behind the scenes, BHP Billiton fears for thermal coal’s future
Barely a day goes by without coal lobbyists proclaiming thermal coal still has a rosy future. BHP Billiton fears otherwise.
Bob Burton

Apr 21, 2016

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More bad news for Adani: Coal India slashes coal prices as stockpile soars
The world’s largest coal miner Coal India has opted to cut prices rather than its ballooning domestic mine production. That’s more bad news for Australian coal projects hoping to export to India.
Bob Burton

Apr 15, 2016

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Australian pro-CCS institute one of many lobby groups hit by Arch Coal bankruptcy
Arch Coal says Melbourne-headquartered Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute one of numerous coal industry lobby groups it owes money to.
Bob Burton

Mar 3, 2016

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Aurizon write downs signal end for Hancock’s Galilee Basin coal projects
GVK Hancock Coal’s plan to exploit deposits containing over 7 billion tonnes of coal in the Galilee Basin are all but officially dead.
Bob Burton

Feb 16, 2016

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Is India starting to waver on coal?
From court rulings over pollution, to private power companies dumping coal projects in favour of solar, to huge stockpiles of unwanted coal, India’s energy policy is in a state of flux.
Bob Burton

Feb 4, 2016

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Vietnam shifts stance on new coal
Vietnamese PM signals reduced role for new coal-fired power against backdrop of slow electricity growth, environmental concerns and cheap renewables.
Bob Burton

Jan 27, 2016

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2015: The year the coal industry woke up from a nightmare … and found it was real
This time last year the global coal industry was telling investors that things would be better in 2015. The opposite has proven to be the case.
Bob Burton

Dec 21, 2015

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