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.
Germany’s disappearing villages
November 16, 2017Norbert Winzen’s family has been living in the village of Keyenberg for generations. He is a farmer, like his late father.
Suffocating in Iskenderun Bay
September 26, 2017Turkey is rapidly expanding coal burning throughout the country, and its people and paying the price.
Soma: famous for grapes and mine disasters
September 26, 2017Turkey’s Soma is infamous for the recent death of 301 lignite miners, and its coal is both a direct and indirect threat undermining district’s future.
Vast German coal plant faces uncertain future
September 26, 2017Germany’s Niederaussem coal plant is a vast, dirty relic, chewing up villages and crushing the country’s responsibilities on climate change.