Sustainable alternatives for coal in the heating sector
Coal power is on the way out in Europe, but how do we replace heat from coal in city grids?
Read hereEndgame arrives for European coal
Five years on from the Paris Agreement, Europe is halfway to closing all of its operating and planned coal plants
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Updated for 2020, Fool's Gold finds that eight European and four international financial institutions continued to pump money into coal companies in the year after the IPCC released its 1.5 degrees C special report.
Learn moreCoal in structural decline
The economic shutdown due to the COVID-19 crisis led to steep reductions in CO2 emissions from the power sector, emissions from European coal plants were already in decline before the pandemic.
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Which countries are moving beyond coal? What is your government planning to do to ensure a fair, ambitious and managed phaseout of coal?
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WHY END COAL
Mining and burning coal has devastating effects on public health, the environment, and the global climate. It’s also holding back many communities that are being given a false choice between jobs and health. Both will be achieved with a just transition to renewable energy.
Many thousands of Europeans are estimated to die early each year because of air pollution from coal power plants. Air pollution from these plants is linked with asthma, cancer, heart and lung ailments, neurological problems and other severe health impacts.
Learn MoreThe coal industry is coming to the end of its life. This is good for people whose health is harmed by the pollution it creates, but bad for the workers and communities whose jobs are connected to it.
Learn MoreThe mining and burning of coal pollute our air and water, damages ecosystems, destroys villages and productive agricultural land, and are driving the climate crisis.
Learn MoreCoal finance is dirty money. The industry is only able to survive because it externalizes the worst costs of its business, and in most cases can only continue to do this as it is on life support from financial institutions.
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Many thousands of Europeans are estimated to die early each year because of air pollution from coal power plants. Air pollution from these plants is linked with asthma, cancer, heart and lung ailments, neurological problems and other severe health impacts.
Learn More

The coal industry is coming to the end of its life. This is good for people whose health is harmed by the pollution it creates, but bad for the workers and communities whose jobs are connected to it.
Learn More

The mining and burning of coal pollute our air and water, damages ecosystems, destroys villages and productive agricultural land, and are driving the climate crisis.
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Coal finance is dirty money. The industry is only able to survive because it externalizes the worst costs of its business, and in most cases can only continue to do this as it is on life support from financial institutions.
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Europe Beyond Coal supports and coordinates work with civil society groups working across 27 European Union countries, the UK, the Western Balkans and Turkey. Our partners have already had a lot of success moving Europe beyond coal, but there is a lot more to do to speed the transition to a better future for all. A coal free Europe is inevitable, and coming fast. Together, we have the power to bring this better future forward.
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