Greta in clash with police in climate protest

The Swedish activist participated in a climate protest against the expansion of coal mine in Germany

Government faces legal case over Cumbrian coal mine

Friends of the Earth has said the government has failed to take the “significant” climate impacts of the mine into consideration

UK’s first coal mine in three decades gets go-ahead

The coal mine in Cumbria will produce fuel for steel-making

Cumbria coal mine project would be ‘backward step’, says ex climate chief

Alok Sharma has said if the plan moves forward, it will “damage” the UK’s climate action reputation

Is water from disused coal mines the best alternative to gas boilers?

A £450k project will explore whether mine water from disused coal mines could be used to heat homes and schools

Methane leak at Russian coal mine ‘could be the biggest ever detected’

Satellite data shows that on 14th January nearly 90 tonnes of methane were released, every hour, from the Russian mine

RWE brings solar to German coal mine

The company plans to develop a utility-scale photovoltaic system with integrated battery storage

Campaigners slam potential approval of new UK coal mine

If the project goes ahead, it would be the first deep coal mine to launch in the UK for more than 30 years

Government ‘likely to give green light to UK’s first coal mine in decades’

The colliery will produce coking coal for the UK’s steel industry which currently relies on Russia

Man ordered to sell village home to coal company

German Eckardt Heukamp has been forced to give his land to RWE for the excavation of coal in Lützerath