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Why the coal lobby has misled Queensland on value of thermal coal
Thermal coal projects, such as Adani’s Carmichael mine will deliver a fraction of the claimed economic benefits, new analysis from IEEFA has shown
Michael Mazengarb
Jun 3, 2019
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Coal
Japan’s thermal power to drop 40% by 2030
Japanese thermal power generation could decline to 40% below 2015 levels by 2030 as government turns to renewables and energy efficiency.
Tim Buckley
Mar 21, 2017
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Coal
Thermal coal in Asia: Why China and India will break carbon budget
Stopping the thermal coal juggernaut in time is one of the keys to keeping the world to its Paris targets.
Mark Fulton
Oct 20, 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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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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Commentary
Latest data shows solar installations to surge across the globe
Solar growth around the world is eating further into thermal coal’s ever-smaller share of the pie.
Tim Buckley
Jan 5, 2016
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Thermal coal hits a new low. Where does the market go from here?
Thermal coal prices have continued to decline, with the Newcastle 5,500kcal thermal export coal benchmark down 20 percent year to date at US$42/t.
Tim Buckley
Sep 9, 2015
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Ross Garnaut: China to reach ‘peak coal’ for electricity by 2015
China’s use of coal for electricity could peak as early as next year, then decline until 2020 in a turnaround of “global importance”.
James Whitmore
Aug 26, 2014
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Commentary
Tony Abbott gets crash course in carbon bubbles
The cancellation of the massive Wandoan coal project was only supposed to happen under a Labor government. But as a new analysis from Citi suggests, the next decade will look nothing like the past, shocking as that may be to the Coalition. Countries pinning their economic hopes on Chinese coal demand are in serious trouble.
Giles Parkinson
Sep 11, 2013
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