US invests $56.5m in advanced clean coal technologies

A total of 32 winners will share the funding for projects including carbon capture, utilisation and storage and steam turbine efficiency

UN and World Coal Association to raise awareness of clean coal

The United National Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the World Coal Association (WCA) have signed an agreement to formalise their long term collaboration on low emissions of coal. Through the Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU), the two organisations will work to facilitate a dialogue between governments and the coal industry. They aim to increase the […]

Energy firm rapped for “clean coal” advert

US power firm Peabody Energy has been ticked off for running a “misleading” advert which included the phrase “clean coal”. Yesterday the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) upheld a complaint about the phrase by environmental campaign group WWF. The phrase was used in a long chunk of text in an advert which began, “Let’s Brighten the […]