Uniper confirms non-compliance with Paris goals in new climate-neutrality strategy
March 11, 2020 10:29 amGerman energy company Uniper has confirmed it does not intend to align its business with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.
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Polish authorities ignore German submissions and approve Turów mine expansion permit
January 28, 2020 10:05 amPolish authorities have controversially rubber-stamped an environmental permit for the expansion of PGE’s Turów open-pit lignite mine.
LEAG coal compensation scandal – Europe Beyond Coal statement
January 24, 2020 10:05 amExplosive leaked documents show that coal company LEAG’s 2016 mine plans are identical to the coal phase-out plan it and other lignite utilities.
RWE utility briefing
December 4, 2018 11:02 amThis briefing paper presents analysis to assist investors, insurers and banks in achieving a coal phase-out from RWE andto protect public health.
RWE’s Senseless Destruction
March 11, 2020 5:20 pmHedwig Drabik, Resident of Keyenberg Hedwig Drabik is a resident of the village of mines despite the fact that that […]
Norbert Winzen
November 8, 2017 3:09 pmKeyenberg, Germany – Norbert Winzen’s family has been living in the village of Keyenberg for generations. His late father was […]
Newborns not safe from RWE coal pollution
January 8, 2018 5:40 pmThis is the story of Christian Doering, a paediatrician from Cologne, Germany, who is exposed to the pollution from the […]
German government dawdling on coal exit law allows Uniper to bring Datteln 4 coal plant online
October 31, 2019 11:51 amEnergy company Uniper has announced that its highly controversial Datteln 4 coal-powered plant will go online in January 2020, thus ignoring the proposal of Germany’s coal commission.
The French banks behind RWE’s destruction
July 10, 2019 8:06 amGerman energy company RWE is the largest polluter in Europe. Its coal-fired power plants emit more than 100 million tonnes of CO2 per year, the equivalent of the cumulative emissions of Sweden, Switzerland and Portugal.