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--FILE--A coal field gives off waste gas in Huaibei, east Chinas Anhui province, 6 July 2013. China has unveiled sweeping measures to tackle air pollution, with plans to close old polluting steel mills, cement factories and aluminium smelters, and slash coal consumption and boost the use of nuclear power and natural gas. China has been under heavy pressure to address air pollution after thick and hazardous smog engulfed much of the industrial north, including the capital, Beijing, in January. It has identified coal burning as a key area to tackle. China said its new plan would aim to cut total coal consumption to below 65% of total primary energy use by 2017, down from 66.8% last year. It would also aim to raise the share of non-fossil fuel energy to 13% by 2017, up from 11.4% in 2012. Its previous target stood at 15% by 2020. To help meet the target, it would also raise installed nuclear capacity to 50GW by 2017. By the end of 2015, it said it would add 150bn cubic metres of natural gas trunk pipeline transmission capacity.

What is the future for fossil fuel investments? 12.08.2021

With the IPCC's latest report warning that time is running out to avoid climate catastrophe, the world's reliance on fossil fuels is increasingly untenable. Investors are starting to look for green alternatives.

A worker of EVN Hanoi installs panels for solar electricity production for poor households in the capital city’s suburban Quoc Oai District. According to McKinsey & Company, renewables are potentially the lowest-cost option for Vietnam to meet its energy needs.

Fossil fuel electricity peaks as emerging markets leapfrog to renewable energy: report 16.07.2021

Emerging economies are increasingly investing in clean power grids over polluting power plants, but many are still reluctant to quit coal.

ARCHIV - Monteure arbeiten am 23.06.2011 an Naben für Windkraftanlagen in Rostock. Foto: Jens Büttner/dpa (zu Beginn des ersten ostdeutschen Wirtschaftsforums vom 20.10.2016) +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ | Verwendung weltweit

German unity: Eastern states still lag economically, but catching up, report says 07.07.2021

Germany's eastern states still economically trail behind western regions, three decades after reunification. But that gap has shrunk to 18%, according to an annual government study.

dpatopbilder - 09.04.2018, Brandenburg, Sieversdorf: Alleebäume an einer Landstraße werfen in der Morgensonne lange Schatten auf ein Feld (Luftaufnahme mit einer Drohne). Auf einen schönen Frühlingstag können sich die Menschen in Berlin und Brandenburg freuen. Wie der Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD) mitteilte, bringt am Montag ein nachlassendes Hoch viel Sonnenschein und milde Luft in die Region. Die Temperaturen klettern auf 19 bis 23 Grad. Foto: Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa | Verwendung weltweit

High price and range anxiety stops Germans from buying e-cars 18.06.2021

Germany wants to have 10 million electric cars on the road by 2030 in a bid to meet its climate targets. But it's not just the cost and limited range that's deterring drivers to go along with this ambitious plan.

Wieczorek Hard coal mine in Katowice, Poland, 17 November 2015. In the mine decided to return to the traditional ways of coal mining. Miners do not use the combine and coal is recovered by using explosives. First miners drill holes in coal rock with drilling machines, than blow the rock up with explosives and the thus obtained coal is loaded on the conveyor belt. That is why the mine produces more thick coal, especially highly regarded by small and individual customers. Also the price of thick coal is higher than the price of coal fine. PAP/ANDRZEJ GRYGIEL POLAND OUT |

Polish energy policy protests reflect power struggle 14.06.2021

Protests by miners against the government's plans to restructure Poland's energy sector reflect strategic and political confusion. There's a lack of dialogue on energy transition policies.

U.S. President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and advisors Jan Hecker (2ndR) und Jake Sullivan attend a bilateral meeting during a G7 summit in St. Ives, Cornwall, Britain, June 12, 2021. Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

G7 final communique calls for new COVID origin probe, pledges 1 billion vaccines — as it happened 13.06.2021

On the final day of the summit in Cornwall, England, G7 leaders made pledges on tackling the coronavirus pandemic, addressing climate change, human rights issues and endorsing a global minimum tax.

5. A United Airlines plane flying through the sky

United Airlines: 'No choice' but to go green 09.04.2021

If aviation were a country, it would be among the world's top CO2 emitters. The sector has committed to reducing its carbon footprint, but the technology it's banking on for low-carbon travel is far from being developed.

20.09.2020, China, Chuzhou: Power station staff take boats to check solar panels on the lake where local farmers raise fish, Tianchang county-level city, Chuzhou city, east China's Anhui province, 20 September 2020. Foto: Song Weixing/HPIC/dpa |

IRENA renewable energy study finds hitting 1.5-degree climate target will create jobs 16.03.2021

The world already has the technologies to bring net emissions in the energy system down to zero — and doing so will boost employment, researchers say.

Herbert Diess (l), Vorstandsvorsitzender der Volkswagen AG, fotografiert sich zusammen mit Elon Musk, Tesla-Chef, in einem Hangar des Braunschweiger Flughafens nach einer kurzen gemeinsamen Rundfahrt mit einem Volkswagen Elektroauto vom Typ ID.3. (Selfie; bestmögliche Qualität) (zu dpa «Diess nach Treffen mit Musk: Keine Kooperation mit Tesla») +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++

Has VW cracked the code to overtake Tesla? 15.03.2021

Tesla has revolutionized the auto industry, building cars for the future even as legacy carmakers could barely take their eyes off the rearview mirror. But now Tesla's days as the leader of the EV pack might be numbered.

earth globe planet from space orbit. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

Ozone layer recovery back on track after China slows CFC-11 production 11.02.2021

Good news: The international treaty to protect the ozone layer appears to be getting results. New analyses have shown that China has successfully cut the illegal production of ozone-destroying chemicals.

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