(Bloomberg) -- Four British banks have provided $31.8 billion of financing to coal companies in the past three years, even as they publicly moved away from doing business with some of the fossil-fuel industry, according to Greenpeace. The environmental group said Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc,...

Three South Korean institutional investors on Dec. 3 declared an end to coal exposure in their portfolios. This comes in line with the global push for responsible investment principles, such as environmental, social and governance criteria. DB Insurance, the Korea Teachers’ Credit Union...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is reviewing rules that require coal miners to sell a portion of their coal to local buyers, a government official said on Monday, as suppliers struggle to meet the regulation. Coal miners are currently required to sell 25% of their output to the local market,...

The United Nations rejected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s request to speak at its climate summit last September, government sources said Thursday, apparently due to the government’s promotion of coal-fired power plants. Abe had wanted to brief participants at the U.N. Climate Action...

US coal-fired power generation totaled 85.9 TWh in September, down 8.8% from August, US Energy Information Administration data showed Tuesday. From the year-ago month coal generation was down 11.2%, the smallest drop year on year in seven weeks. From the five-year average of about 110 TWh...

A report from a UK-based online journal that covers climate and energy policy said that coal-fired power generation worldwide will fall by 3% this year, to about 54% of global electricity output. The report from Carbon Brief, released Nov. 25, was written by researchers from climate research...

Global coal-fired power, a key driver of climate change, is set to fall a record 3.0 percent this year, largely led by developed countries although much-criticised China and India play their part too, analysis showed Monday. This "historic" drop would be equal to 300 Terawatt hours...

SYDNEY, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- A new international report has warned that Australia must stop burning coal before the end of 2030, if it wants to meet its commitment to the Paris Agreement. Agreeing to cap the rate of climate change at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, Climate...

Bengkulu will soon complete a long-awaited 2×100 MW coal-fired power plant. A reliable electricity supply will accelerate the province’s economic development and attract investors. The plant at Sepang Bay, which takes three years to build, will go into full operation in February of...

JAKARTA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Indonesia’s energy minister Arifin Tasrif said on Tuesday his ministry plans to maintain a price cap on coal being sold to state electricity utility, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) next year. The government capped the price of coal sold to PLN at $70 per...