“It is great Australia is hosting this forum for the third time in the event’s history, putting the spotlight on the vital field of low emissions technologies research.
Today I’d like to talk about the importance of the resources sector, in particular the coal industry, to the Australian economy and global energy security.”
Toronto - Tropical forests covering an area nearly the size of India are set to be destroyed in the next 35 years, a faster rate of deforestation than previously thought, a study warned on Monday.
As outlined in China’s national climate plan, submitted to the United Nations last month, the country’s aim to peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 or sooner will rely heavily on a shift from coal to use of non-fossil fuels.
In the town of Patratu in eastern India will soon stand a thermal power plant generating 6,400 megawatts. That is 11 percent bigger than the Taichung Power Plant in Taiwan, currently the world's largest coal-fired station.
Months after promising to end subsidies for coal-fired power plants, French premier Francois Hollande’s government is now looking at backtracking in order to protect jobs.
China's climate pledge to the United Nations this week has been heralded as proof of the country's new commitment to the environment, but some experts believe the government is under-promising.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The domestic consumption of coal would more than double in five years after the government carry out its program to build power plants with a total capacity of 35,000 megawatt.
Most of the power plants to be built in the next five year are expected to be coal fired power plants.
