Measures to allow community projects to sell electricity directly to local homes are also set to be dropped. Source link
Coal
Glencore bids for Canadian rival's coal business, having already threatened to make a hostile takeover of the whole firmBy Calum...
Environment groups had called on the government to block the new development, on the grounds it would increase global emissions...
Coal digging at the UK's largest opencast mine, near Merthyr Tydfil, was due to stop last September. Source link
Environmental campaigners lose their bid to have government backing for the Whitehaven mine quashed. Source link
Ditch your coal mines, investor tells Glencore: FTSE 100 mining giant urged to dump fossil fuel business even if £18...
The Greens claim they've stopped coal and gas projects in Australia as electricity prices in the country have hit record...
Two coal-fired power stations have begun making electricity again to keep up with demand during the cold weather. Source link
Last year, Britain produced 3.4 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions - the equivalent of 14 million tonnes of carbon...
Chinese state news agency Xinhua is reporting that one person has been rescued alive so far. Source link