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Europeans paying tens of billions in health costs for coal-fired electricity
“Air pollution and climate change share a common driver: Coal. As both worsen, the costs to citizens grow."
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Europe’s 3rd largest insurance company turns away from coal
"It is not just a matter of securing the survival of our planet, but of the insurance industry as well."
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New satellite data analysis reveals world’s biggest NO2 emissions hotspots
“Just as we have nowhere to hide from the dirty air impacting our daily lives, so too do the polluters have nowhere to hide."
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Greenpeace activists block coal trade event to urge coal exit
“People across Europe and around the world are already standing up and demanding their governments to break free from coal."
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World’s most vulnerable nations demand rich countries must act now over climate change
“I want a liveable future for my daughter, but that will require bigger, richer, higher polluting countries stepping up and shifting the patterns in investment required if we are to avoid entire Pacific nations sliding beneath the waves."
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Greenpeace and CoalSwarm show global coal phase-out for 1.5°C pathway is realistic and achievable
“Shutting the coal pipeline is not a pipe dream. Many countries are already showing it can be done. Those who think coal has a future need to study the IPCC report because if they want a future for this planet, new coal projects have to be halted now. If they stick with coal, the IPCC…
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A Coal Phase-Out Pathway for 1.5°C
A rapid transition away from coal is technically and economically possible, but it will require aggressive retirement of coal plants coupled with equally aggressive deployment of efficiency measures and low-carbon power sources. The briefing explores the specifics of how such reductions could be implemented over the coming three decades, given the geographical distribution and age…
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IPCC report points to stark choices ahead, but reason for hope and action
"We do not give up on human ingenuity, courage or hope against political apathy and corporate greed. We will never give up on us. We are determined to succeed ”
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Tens of thousands rally to demand a German coal phase-out
"...it also is about showing governments everywhere that a growing climate movement is demanding an end to dirty and outdated fossil fuels."
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Civil society groups urge Chancellor Merkel to commit to coal phase-out
There is no room for any expansion of coal burning.