Kohlekraftwerke in Europa: Diese Länder und Konzerne verpesten die Luft
July 9, 2019 1:46 pmPoland and Germany set a late coal phase out; coal-fired power plants in Europe are polluting the air and causing […]
Tag Archive: Germany
Uniper annual general meeting – Change at the top gifts Uniper an opportunity to turn its back on coal
May 22, 2019 8:44 amDüsseldorf, 22 May 2019 - Uniper, Europe’s fifth most polluting energy company, is holding its annual AGM today at the Congress Center, in Düsseldorf. The event will be presided over by the company’s newly appointed CEO, Andreas Schierenbeck and represents a unique opportunity for Uniper’s new leader to break with the company’s polluting practices of the past and steer Uniper into a UN Paris Climate Accord-compatible future.
Handelsblatt – Feindbild RWE: Schüler protestieren auf der Hauptversammlung des Energiekonzerns
May 3, 2019 3:08 pmEssen (Handelsblatt) – RWE wants to restructure its company, become a leader in green energy, but NGOs and school strikers […]
RWE enters AGM with failing business model, toxic reputation, antiquated leadership
May 2, 2019 9:35 amEssen, 2 May 2019 - German coal giant RWE will be an increasingly bad investment as long as its coal-fired power plants stay in operation, and while its destruction of villages and the Hambach Forest continues, warn Urgewald and Europe Beyond Coal.
BoaPlus? Boa-TSCHUESS!
April 26, 2019 12:16 pmAnother RWE coal plant project was cancelled. The court ruled against the project of this coal plant in Niederaussem because […]
Erlangen utilities quit coal
March 31, 2019 12:08 pmThe coal-fired boiler of the plant will be taken off the grid in 2021, marking an end to coal in […]
Switching from coal to gas
March 31, 2019 10:08 amUniper’s coal-fired power plant Kiel East closed in March 2019 to be replaced with a new gas-powered cogeneration plant. Plans […]
Gersteinwerk bids farewell to coal
March 29, 2019 11:07 amOriginally due to be decommissioned in 2017, RWE’s Werne Gersteinwerk coal plant retired in March 2019.
Fortum AGM: Uniper investment makes Finnish state-controlled utility a top ten polluter in Europe
March 26, 2019 6:43 amHelsinki, 26 March 2019 - Finland’s state-owned Fortum is now responsible for hundreds of premature deaths and other potent health impacts from coal across Europe, thanks to its increasing investments in German energy company Uniper, according to new modelling from Europe Beyond Coal and Greenpeace Nordic.