Coal industry — latest ecology news
![NGOs called to extend transformation of coal regions until 2035](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/shutterstock_1702683523-500x334.jpg)
They also developed their own guidelines for this process
![Global coal consumption reached a historic high thanks to China and India](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_646064452-500x334.jpg)
In America and Europe, the demand for it, on the contrary, is decreasing
![The world's demand for fossil fuels continues to grow, – IEA](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/shutterstock_637050169-500x333.jpg)
For a very large part of the world's population, coal remains the main type of fuel
![G7 countries plan to abandon coal by early 2030s](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/shutterstock_1486553282-500x322.jpg)
Abandoning the use of coal will be an important step in the implementation of the goals discussed at COP28
![Germany closes 7 thermal power plants after the end of the heating season](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shutterstock_1903690807-500x333.jpg)
Germany's plans to reduce coal use to combat climate change have suffered after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
![Poland will receive €300 million to support miners who will lose their jobs](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FD3A16F4-CFD9-4B72-B0D2-C273D3C78A71-500x313.jpeg)
The program will also encourage the early closure of mines
![China builds a powerful SPP on the site of a coal mine](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2DCD19C3-1ACC-48B8-ACAF-996554B6386F-500x313.jpeg)
The SPP will reduce carbon emissions by 580,000 tons
![The court sentenced the charcoal burner on the agricultural lands of Khmelnytskyi region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/D4AB1ECD-A8E1-45BA-87A2-DA741161789C-500x313.jpeg)
Without any permission, the entrepreneur installed 11 pyrolysis furnaces and set up production
![Illegal furnaces for burning coal were discovered in the Rivne region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/E59D74FA-FE9D-4E46-8712-7CDF179818E1-500x313.jpeg)
The police opened criminal proceedings for air pollution
![TOP-20 most energy-dependent countries on coal in the world. Infographics](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/D35E3045-16B0-4E1C-8DCF-1C05485E1BA4-500x313.jpeg)
Ukraine took 12th place in the ranking with 22% of coal generation
![More than 60 countries have agreed to triple green capacity by 2030](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shutterstock_1935132782-500x215.jpg)
The agreement also provides for the doubling of the global annual rate of energy efficiency improvement to 4%
![LNG exports may be more dangerous for the climate than coal – study](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/0F8E1D70-3549-4D9C-BA16-64C24F91D2F6-500x313.jpeg)
CO2-equivalent emissions from LNG are 24-274% higher than from coal