The main U.N.-appointed panel that regulates supply of global carbon offsets could this week decide whether to approve rules that would lead to the award of millions of CO2 credits to coal-fired power stations in developing countries, according to meeting agenda notes...
Europe’s economic slump is allowing utilities in some countries to burn increasing amounts of cheap, highly polluting coal for electricity generation and still meet legally binding targets to cut carbon dioxide emissions, Reuters research shows. See...
EFFORTS by coal giant Xstrata to purge a parody mining commercial from video site YouTube have backfired, reigniting interest in the months-old clip. The commercial, created as part of a union campaign by former Chaser member Charles Firth, was deleted from the...
Another Scottish Coal Lorry Overturns in Clydesdale This one came off the road at Junction 11 of the M74 spilling its load. Thankfully no one was hurt. This accident follows a constant stream of spillages, crashes and incidents in the area involving Scottish Coal...
Indonesia is the world’s top coal exporter. However, limitations in the supervision of its extraction may be placing the country at risk of massive financial losses and environmental damage. That’s the conclusion of an investigation, recently carried out...
The London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s biggest marketplace for industrial metals, will invest heavily in Asia and is planning to expand its Singapore office, Chief Executive Martin Abbott said. See...
Indigenous community leader celebrates ruling, promises continued opposition The Chilean Supreme Court has ratified a lower court ruling that rendered Goldcorp’s environmental assessment for the El Morro mine null, due to irregularities including the...
Nuclear Grim Reapers and Liquidators join The Big Six Energy Bash Kick Nuclear and friends, dressed up as Nuclear Grim Reapers and Liquidators, joined hundreds of environmental and social justice activists at The Big Six Energy Bash in central London, targeting EDF...
Global Witness is today calling on Glencore to explain potentially corrupt deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is calling on the company to provide more details about its relationship with an Israeli businessman who is key to its substantial mining...
Yesterday hundreds of protesters from climate and anti-cuts groups across the country teamed up to block the UK Energy Summit in the City of London. At least 300 protesters targeted all of the main entrances to the Summit venue, attempting to push past police to enter...
Residents from Swansea teamed up with activist group Frack Off to protest against Underground Coal Gasification outside an industry conference in central London. See http://frack-off.org.uk/residents-say-no-to-burning-coal-under-swansea-bay/.
Representatives of communities affected by Xstrata’s operations in the Espinar region of Peru attended the massive London-listed mining company’s AGM in Switzerland on Tuesday 1 May. They called for compensation and a solution to the problem of water...
