Cottbus to close municipal coal plant
January 25, 2018 12:25 pmThe public utility and city of Cottbus announced that its lignite plant would close by 2022, to be replaced by […]
Tag Archive: Germany
El País – La adicción al carbón ensucia la imagen de Alemania
January 14, 2018 2:04 pmUna veintena de habitantes de un pueblo del Este del país resiste al avance de una mina de lignito, una […]
Für eine Zukunft nach der Kohle
January 8, 2018 9:55 amBy Elena Bixel, campaign researcher with Europe Beyond Coal. Kohle ist für ein Viertel der globalen CO Emissionen verantwortlich und […]
Germany’s disappearing villages
November 16, 2017 5:21 pmNorbert Winzen’s family has been living in the village of Keyenberg for generations. He is a farmer, like his late father.
Deutsche Welle – Wie schnell kommt der Kohleausstieg in der EU?
November 7, 2017 8:10 pmDie Erderwärmung soll auf möglichst 1,5 Grad begrenzt werden. Auf der Klimakonferenz in Bonn wird deshalb über den Kohleausstieg diskutiert. […]
Italy joins countries committed to taking Europe Beyond Coal
November 5, 2017 2:48 pmThe journey to a coal free Europe is one step closer after Italy joined the growing list of countries that […]
Berlin ditches coal
October 19, 2017 12:40 pmIn October 2017, the German capital passed a law to become coal-free by 2030. All remaining Berlin coal plants, Moabit, […]
Vast German coal plant faces uncertain future
September 26, 2017 1:43 pmGermany’s Niederaussem coal plant is a vast, dirty relic, chewing up villages and crushing the country’s responsibilities on climate change.
Shift away from coal at Saarland steel production site
June 15, 2017 9:18 amStrong local opposition scuppered RWE’s proposal in 2006/07 to expand the Ensdorf coal-fired power plant, and it eventually announed to […]