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Paris climate agreement spells big trouble for coal
While the Paris climate agreement doesn’t explicitly mention coal, there are four reasons to believe it will have a profound impact on the industry.
Bob Burton

Dec 15, 2015

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Adani hits panic button over Carmichael coal mine
Just as Adani’s demand of Turnbull is ham-fisted, his sense of timing is symptomatic of why the project is in deep, deep trouble.
Bob Burton

Dec 10, 2015

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The World Coal Association’s mission impossible at the Paris climate talks
WCA face an impossible challenge of persuading governments they have a coherent strategy for addressing global warming.
Bob Burton

Dec 3, 2015

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The IEA’s climate-friendly scenario spells doom for coal
Global coal industry is set for rapid fall by 2040, according to IEA’s most climate-friendly scenario in the World Energy Outlook 2015.
Bob Burton

Nov 19, 2015

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The fallout from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam CCS debacle
The crisis engulfing SaskPower’s CCS plant has implications that will reach all the way from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan to the Paris climate conference.
Bob Burton

Nov 12, 2015

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Energy security starts at home, as foreign coal adventures sour
The unstated ethos of the high-rolling coal companies seemed to be “what could possibly go wrong?” – Plenty as it turns out.
Bob Burton

Nov 11, 2015

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BHP Billiton’s carbon bomb
In a world that increasingly shuns coal, BHP Billiton has amassed a 16 billion tonne stockpile that amounts to one of the world’s largest unexploded ‘carbon bombs’.
Bob Burton

Oct 8, 2015

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How Europe’s biggest coal company came to grief – by ignoring change
The crisis gripping Europe’s biggest coal mining company has been brewing for a long time.
Bob Burton

Oct 2, 2015

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BHP Billiton’s Boundary Dam carbon fudge
BHP Billiton plans to spruik its Boundary Dam CCS project in Canada as a ‘solution’ to climate change. But do these claims have any basis in reality?
Bob Burton

Sep 21, 2015

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Russian coal is coming! Or is it?
Russian government seemingly remains determined to press ahead with policies and investments aimed at expanding coal exports and domestic coal-fired power production.
Bob Burton

Sep 11, 2015

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A Russian Arctic coal dream fades
A plan by a small Australian-listed company to build two massive coal mines in the Russian Arctic is teetering on collapse.
Bob Burton

Sep 10, 2015

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The souring of Vietnam’s coal power dream
It remains to be seen whether the latest coal pollution debacle shakes the coal-centric resolve of Vietnamese Government.
Bob Burton

Aug 3, 2015

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