Ten years after the start of his legal fight, a Peruvian peasant faces Monday before German justice to the RWE energy giant, which he asked to repair the effects of climate change in the Andes. For this emblematic affair, very followed by the environmental defenders, Saul Luciano Lliuya has made the trip from Peru to … Read more
It’s almost a month since Moldova has been deprived of Russian gas. Despite the opposition of certain European countries, Ukraine decided not to renew, on 1is January, the contract allowing the transit of Russian gas on its territory to neighboring countries. Since then, the situation has been critical in the country, particularly in Transnistria, a … Read more
Months after the first mobilizations of employees, the future of the Emile-Huchet coal power plant in Saint-Avold (Moselle) is still dependent on political decisions, while the employees’ employment contracts end in April, they said. he recalled in a petition Wednesday. In this petition consulted by AFP, which has already obtained more than a thousand signatures, … Read more
Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the fighting, here is the essential part of this Tuesday, January 14, 2024, the 1,056th day of the war. Fact of the day … Read more
Bad news for the climate: global demand for coal reached a new record in 2024, the hottest year on record, and only the rise of renewable energies should help stabilize it until 2027, the International Agency reported of Energy (AIE) on Wednesday. “After reaching a record level in 2024, global coal demand is expected to … Read more
A tragedy is unfolding in a coal mine in Afghanistan which collapsed, trapping 32 people. The latter, located in the district of Dara-i Sof Payin, in the province of Samangan (north), collapsed on Saturday evening, declared the spokesperson for the governor of Samangan, Esmat Muradi. And the toll could be even more worrying because the … Read more
Twenty-five countries, most of them rich, pledged on Wednesday at COP29 to no longer open coal-fired power stations, in the hope of leading other countries towards the end of coal. The United Kingdom, which has just closed its last coal-fired power station, Canada, France, Germany and Australia, a very large coal producer, signed this voluntary … Read more
A cold void has reigned in the corridors of the Komati coal-fired power station since its closure in 2022, when the site was earmarked to host a flagship project in South Africa’s energy transition. Two years after the shutdown of the country’s oldest power plant, the project is slipping. But the delay serves as a … Read more
Committed on paper to reducing their carbon footprint, large banks persist in wanting to finance activities that emit high levels of greenhouse gases, points out a research center advising investors on low-carbon investments in a report on Tuesday. Of the 26 transnational banking establishments surveyed by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) center based at the … Read more