Europe News Poland 'must pay €500,000-a-day fine' over controversial coal mine Poland must pay €500,000-a-day to Brussels over controversial coal mine, says ECJ 20/09/2021
Poland Firefighters battle flames at Poland's largest coal mine The fire broke out at midday at Poland's Belchatow mine, which has large reserves of lignite or brown coal 22/05/2021
Poland Poland's main power plant crippled by outage The Belhatow power plant supplies energy to 11.5 million of Poland's households. 18/05/2021
Germany Brussels probes Germany's €4.35 billion coal plant pay-off plan Germany has planned to phase out coal from its energy mix by 2038. As part of this, it has proposed to give €4.35 billion to plant operators to compensate for lost profits due to the early closures. 02/03/2021
Uncovering Europe How Serbia's addiction to coal could cloud its future in Europe When much of Europe is turning against coal, Serbia is continuing to open new mines, often financed and built by China. 21/10/2020
Europe News Cuts to EU Just Transition Fund put pressure on fossil fuel phase-out A fund meant to help regions like Poland's Silesia, largely based around coal-mining, has been cut by EU leaders. MEPs want to see climate objectives prioritised amid the coronavirus recovery. 29/07/2020
United Kingdom COVID-19 lockdown allows Britain to go coal-free for record two months Demand for electricity in the UK fell after the introduction of a lockdown on March 23 due to a decrease in energy use from commercial and industrial consumers. 09/06/2020
Germany Activists storm German coal-fired plant The Datteln 4 coal-fired plant is scheduled to come online next year despite the government pledging to phase out coal by 2038. 02/02/2020
Slovenia Watch: Mine and dine your date for €475 a head in Slovenia At this former coal mine, customers get a glimpse into the life of a miner along with a three-course meal. 18/11/2019
Romania Court blocks expansion of Romania's biggest coal mine An energy company wanted to expand Rosia's 1,450-hectare coal mine by a further 280 hectares, 235 of which are currently covered by forest which would have had to be cut off, according to environmental network Bankwatch 23/10/2019
Poland Earthquake injures 17 inside Polish coal mine Earthquake injures 17 inside Polish coal mine 03/10/2019
The Cube Protesters occupy German coal mine Protesters near the RWE Garzweiler coal mine have set up camp in preparation for their occupation of the area. 21/06/2019
