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South Korea to develop two 3,000 MW nuclear plants to cut coal reliance
The South Korea Government envisages increasing its nuclear reactor fleet by two more units, as the country wants to get rid of coal power and to focus on technologies with lower greenhouse gas emissions.
read more... 15/06/2015
Germany economy ministry declares coal levy still on the table
Germany's government is still evaluating all suggestions on how to reduce CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants, as declared by an economy ministry spokesman on Wednesday, discharging a report that a debated coal levy had been put on ice.
read more... 11/06/2015
Norway parliament votes to reduce coal investments
Norway's parliament voted on Friday to cut coal investments by its $880 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, in a decision greeted by ecologists as a model to support slow climate change.
read more... 08/06/2015
Major energy companies tied to approximately a third of greenhouse gases
Thirty-two energy firms managed by Russia's Gazprom represent almost a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions if the burning of all the coal, oil and gas they produce is taken into consideration, according to a study on Wednesday.
read more... 21/05/2015
Poland’s JSW plans to stop investment in Krupinski mine
Poland's JSW intends to stop investing in Krupinski - one of its five coal mines - as part of a plan to reduce costs and concentrate on coking coal, but declares it is too premature to discuss about closing the thermal coal mine, as stated by a JSW spokesperson on Monday.
read more... 19/05/2015