International Movement
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China commits to stricter controls for investments in overseas coal exports
On September 25th 2015, a bilateral meeting between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping…
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Grassroots campaign has driven 200 coal plants to close in the United States
Grassroots Campaign Waves Grassroots campaigns have grown as waves of protest against coal-fired power plants …
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New Report: “Global Wave of New Coal Plants is Going Bust” — Recent decline of global coal-fired power plants projects —
The Global Coal Plant Tracker keeps on eye on every known coal-fired power plant in the world, providing infor…
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UK leaders agree on coal phaseout
The leaders of the three main political parties in the United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron of the Co…
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Japan-Australia grassroots campaign: Save koala habitat from Japanese-bound coal!
On January 8th 2015, Japan Tropical Forest Action Network (JATAN) and Australia’s Front Line Action on Coal (F…
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Coal figures indicate China’s coal consumption fell in 2014
2014 was the first year of this century in which China’s coal consumption fell, according to recent stat…
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Maules Creek Coal Mine Project Confronted by protest
A project to develop the Maules Creek Coal Mine, next to the Boggabri coal mine project which was introduced o…
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7,500 form human chain across Germany-Poland border to protest coal
On August 23rd, 2014, more than 7,500 people from 27 countries came together to protest plans for opencast bro…
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31 NGOs Urge Prime Minister Abe to Discuss Ending Coal Financing with US President Obama
On April 22nd, 2014, in an open letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 31 NGOs from around the world ur…
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Despite putting endangered species in Boggabri at risk, Ministry of Finance says reconsidering investment in mine not necessary
The Australian environmental network Northern Inland Council for the Environment (NICE) brought a case to the …
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Local opposition against mining in Australia getting stronger
The Japanese petroleum company “Idemitsu” ’s mining expansion project in Boggabri (New South Wales, Australia)…
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EPA proposes stringent standard for new coal-fired thermal power plants
Three months have passed since U.S. President Obama announced his “Climate Action Plan” in June 2013. After le…
