Transitions
Transforming Australia’s Coal Country
January 23, 2020
What would it mean to create an alternative economy in the Hunter Valley that did not sacrifice the land, the water, and the climate? The Hunter Valley’s history and its contested future are written in piles of coal buried since the swampy Permian period,...
Read MoreMiningTechnology.com: Social transition and why it matters in coal mine closure
January 23, 2020
Coal remains a significant contributor to the economies of the world, and backbone of many local communities, so simply closing coal mines can trigger a series of unintended social consequences. We speak to Claudia Strambo of the Stockholm Environment Institute about the difficulties in...
Read MorePODCAST: The energy transition in the Middle East, VPPs in Italy and coal’s diminishing status
January 23, 2020
Energy Storage News' Andy Colthorpe and Liam Stoker explore the way grids are changing in the Middle East to accommodate clean energy, the role virtual power plants are playing in Italy, and the contrasting role coal is playing in Germany and bush fire-stricken Australia....
Read MoreThe jobs transition out of coal in Western Australia
January 23, 2020
What’s the future for coalminers? Thanks to some deep dive work from Beyond Zero Emissions and collaboration with unions, the prospects are quite positive. Check out the Western Australian coal mining town of Collie, for instance.
Read MoreAs the coal industry shrinks, miners deserve a just transition – here’s what it should include
November 04, 2019
Murray Energy, one of the biggest private U.S. coal companies, has become the fifth coal company to file for bankruptcy in 2019. Union leaders and many elected officials worry that in addition to the 7,000 miners on Murray’s payroll, this step could threaten the solvency...
Read MoreGovernment of Canada supports a just and fair coal energy transition for Alberta
September 04, 2019
New funding supports workers and communities in Alberta September 3, 2019 – Edmonton, Alberta – Western Economic Diversification Canada
Read MoreCoal left Appalachia devastated. Now it’s doing the same to Wyoming.
July 09, 2019
Vulture capitalists are sucking value from a dying industry. Wyoming is facing a potential crisis. Coal mines have shut down, hundreds of people are out of work, unemployment offices are overwhelmed, and there appears to be worse to come. By David Roberts@[email protected] Jul 9, 2019, 8:30am...
Read MoreChile to close eight coal-fired stations by 2024
June 13, 2019
Chile announced Tuesday it would close eight coal-fired power stations over the next five years as part of a plan to switch entirely to renewable energy by 2040. The closures, announced by Chile's conservative President Sebastian Pinera, account for 20 percent of the country's...
Read MoreNew Zealand plans a just transition to a low emissions economy
March 18, 2019
The New Zealand Government has established a Just Transitions Unit to help share and coordinate the work of transitioning New Zealand to a low emissions economy. Read more
Read MoreWe can't ignore these coal miners warning
March 18, 2019
The coal companies told us they're going to be there forever - but we all know the end of coal is coming. We have to get in front of it!
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