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  • Why the coal lobby has misled Queensland on value of thermal coal
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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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  • Japan’s thermal power to drop 40% by 2030
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    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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  • Thermal coal in Asia: Why China and India will break carbon budget
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    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 consultant warns thermal coal use could plummet – but dodges questions
    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

    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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  • Latest data shows solar installations to surge across the globe
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    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 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
    1
  • Ross Garnaut: China to reach ‘peak coal’ for electricity by 2015

    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
    4
  • Tony Abbott gets crash course in carbon bubbles
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    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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