Transitions
Coal Communities Struggle to Diversify - learning from Shanxi and Wyoming
March 14, 2019
As domestic and international demand for coal drops, Wyoming coal companies are cutting employee benefits or laying off workers. In 2015, Wyoming experienced the highest U.S. unemployment spike. In the following year, approximately 500 coal miners were laid off in one day. With many coal communities facing financial collapse,...
Read MoreCanada will transition from thermal coal production and use by 2030
March 13, 2019
The Just Transition Task Force for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities looks at how to make it a just transition. See what they’ve learnt: http://ow.ly/6d4B30o0Tn2
Read MoreThe local heroes battling to steady Collie’s wobbles as town transitions to new future
March 11, 2019
Collie has a message for the doomsayers — it isn’t dying. The South West town synonymous with coal is trying to chart a future that places less reliance on the increasingly contentious fuel source that has sustained it for more than 100 years.
Read MoreVoices of the Valley shares its plans for Latrobe Valley's future
March 07, 2019
It could be suggested that a grassroots plan for a post-coal future was heard in the corridors of State Government. The announcement of a $40 million 'Hi-Tech' precinct in Morwell to diversify the region's economy into new industries is similar to a plan devised...
Read MoreGovernment says No worker will be ‘left behind’ as Collie transitions from coal-mining
March 07, 2019
No worker will be left behind as Collie transitions from coal-mining, says Federal Labor’s most senior member. Shadow resources minister Madeleine King said coal still had a future in WA and Australia’s energy mix, just not in the regional mining hub in the South...
Read MoreSurviving a post-coal economy
March 04, 2019
In Hazard, Kentucky, a diversified economy is emerging.
Read MoreCoal-fired power plants are closing early and Colorado lawmakers want to ease towns’ tough transition
February 26, 2019
The Colorado Energy Impact Assistance Act - a bill working its way through legislature under the title of House Bill 1037 - would provide funds and at the same time lower the financial impact of power-plant closures on utility customers. Read more
Read MoreGermany to move ahead quickly on implementing coal exit
January 27, 2019
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's ruling coalition will move quickly to begin implementing the recommendations of a government-appointed commission for exiting coal power by 2038, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told German broadcaster ARD on Sunday. Read the full article here
Read MoreUnions at the Global Climate Action Summit – making the case for a Just Transition
September 13, 2018
Unions leaders and representatives from Australia, Canada, Norway, South Africa, the USA, are advocating for national and city ambition on climate action and Just Transition at this week’s Global Climate Action Summit in California. Read more
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