Singapore’s Banking Giants Caught in Coal Conundrum: Financing the Green Transition Amidst "Captive Coal" Loophole

Singapore’s leading financial institutions, DBS, OCBC, and UOB, lauded for their progressive sustainable finance policies, are facing scrutiny for their continued lending to "captive coal" power plants. These on-site facilities,…

The New Frontier of Carbon County: From Coal Dust to Nuclear-Powered Data Centers

In the rugged expanse of central Utah, the landscape of Carbon County has long been defined by what lies beneath it. For over a century, the county’s identity and its…

The Scar on the Horizon: Confronting the Reality of the Saraji Coal Mine

By Editorial Staff Jacynta Fa’amau, a dedicated Pacific campaigner for the global climate movement 350.org and a secretariat member of the Pacific Climate Warriors, recently stood at the edge of…

The Coal Paradox: Federal Mandates and Grid Constraints Stall Colorado’s Green Transition

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — For Jane Ard-Smith, a resident of Colorado Springs, the promise of a coal-free future was more than a political milestone; it was a matter of basic…

The Great Coal Disconnect: A Decade of Expansion Amidst a Shifting Energy Paradigm

In a paradoxical development for the global energy landscape, 2025 marked a decade-high for the construction of new coal-fired power plants. According to the latest annual report from Global Energy…

The Toxic Legacy: How the Push for State-Led Regulation is Reshaping Coal Ash Oversight

Across the American landscape, from the banks of Georgia’s Coosa and Chattahoochee rivers to the rural basins of the Midwest, millions of tons of "toxic stew" sit in precarious impoundments.…