CEZ coal phase-out: too slow and selling its responsibility
October 8, 2019By Jiří Jeřábek, Europe Beyond Coal campaign. In the beginning of October 2019, the Czech state-owned utility ČEZ published its... View Article
Guest blog – CEZ AGM goes to extra time but sheds little light on the fate of Pocerady coal power plant
July 15, 2019By Jiří Jeřábek, Europe Beyond Coal campaign, minority shareholder of ČEZ After a marathon 20-hour-long meeting that saw CEO Daniel... View Article
Guest blog – The French banks behind RWE’s destruction
July 10, 2019by Lorette Philippot, Les Amis de la Terre France / Friends of the Earth France RWE, Europe’s number one climate... View Article
Guest blog – Who will risk underwriting Ostrołęka C in Poland?
November 29, 2018With Generali announcing an end to new coal underwriting who will risk underwriting Ostrołęka C coal power plant in Poland?... View Article
Stop Burning Our Money: EU Governments told to end €38bn toxic funding for coal
October 15, 2018Some of Europe’s oldest, most polluting power stations are receiving millions of euro in government payments every year in what campaigners have described as ‘toxic funding’ for harmful fossil fuels.
Open letter to German Chancellor Merkel calls for end to Hambach forest clearing
October 5, 2018Europe Beyond Coal and almost 100 organisations have signed a letter calling on German chancellor Merkel to declare a moratorium... View Article
It’s time for Rotterdam to rethink its role as Europe’s main coal pusher
February 19, 2018Port of Rotterdam CEO Allard Castelein claims his port embraces the Paris agreement and that companies who are not Paris-proof have no future. Now is the time to show it by ending coal shipments from the port.
Sacrificing culture and communities for coal
January 31, 2018As German politicians negotiate a power sharing agreement, the impact of their energy choices has been brought into sharp focus by the demolition of the St Lambertus church for a coal mine.