Finland Ending Use of Coal as Last Utility-Scale Plant Shuts Down https://www.byteseu.com/884820/ #Biomass #Coal #Finland #HeatPump #Helen #Helsinki #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #SalmisaariPowerPlant

"The closure of a #coal power plant in #Finland today brings the country to the brink of a full coal phase-out - four years ahead of schedule.

Alongside reducing emissions and increasing energy independence, it says the switch is also helping it to cut customers' electricity bills.

A surge in wind energy and government policy changes have led to a collapse of coal power in Finland in recent years."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes

Finland phases out coal, ahead of schedule:

“Imported fossil energy has been replaced with cleaner solutions that reduce climate emissions, while consumers benefit from lower energy prices”

“As Finland previously relied primarily on coal imported from Russia, the phase-out has also boosted Finland’s energy independence and, therefore, national security.”

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes

Today, Helsinki's last coal fired CHP shut down for good after a one-year extension. It and the remaining two coal plants elsewhere produced less than 1% of Finland's energy over 2024.
#energy #coal #renewables
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/04/01/finland-ahead-of-schedule-on-coal-phase-out-as-helsinkis-salmisaari-plant-closes

I seldom share these things (yeah yeah, that's a cliché in itself), but this one is important. It could have serious #environmental consequences for #SouthAfrica: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/livinglimpopo/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica #coal

UK emissions down in 2024

[Read on Ethical Revolution]

Some good news in as much as the constant rise in greenhouse gas emissions is being curbed in the UK. Still a long way to go to get to real reversal numbers, but this new analysis by Carbon Brief tells that our emissions decreased 3.6% in 2024.

Above average temperatures, a rise of almost 40% in electric car numbers* and the largest proportion of renewable energy going in to the grid were all factors in the decrease.

It means the UK’s emissions are now 54% below 1990 levels. Roughly half of the drop in emissions was due to a 54% reduction in demand for coal.

Coal use dropped to the lowest level since the year of the Great Fire of London, in 1666. This was in large part thanks to the closure of the UK’s last coal-fired power station and one of the last remaining blast furnaces at the Port Talbot steelworks.

Meanwhile oil demand fell 1.4% and gas demand fell 13% thanks to lower gas-fired electricity generation as a result of higher electricity imports and increased output from low-carbon sources.

*1.4m EVs, 0.8m plug-in hybrids and 76,000 electric vans cut oil-related emissions by at least 5.9MtCO2e. The benefit to the UK’s EV motorists was a saving of about £800 on average, relative to the cost of driving petrol or diesel vehicles.

[Via Ethical Revolution]

"There is no word for relocation in the Navajo-Diné language. To relocate means to disappear and never return. The earth; the animals; things that cannot talk. Those are who you are defending."

An Introduction to Coal Mining on Hopi and Navajo lands

Trump Said, ‘We Have More Coal Than Anybody.’ See Where We Burn It.
There are 206 #coal-burning #powerplants left in the #UnitedStates, which supply about 16% of the country’s energy. Experts say burning more doesn’t make financial sense.
After declaring a national energy emergency on his first day in office, President Trump said Thursday that "good, clean coal” could be a fuel source for new #electric generating plants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/climate/coal-plants-united-states.html
https://archive.ph/Qu0cZ #climatechange #climate

#China kicks Trump in the nuts with a tariff on West Virgina #coal, #oil, LNG, trucks, agricultural machinery.

#Canada pulls American wine, beer, and spirits from their shelves. #buyCanadian

In #Denmark, the local businesses are telling American tourists to GTFO.

The whole world looks at #america and they're laughing at us, they despise us.

And we deserve every bit of it.

#GOP #REPUBLICANS

#RepublicansDidThis

#RepublicanBrand

#MeansMorningNews January 24, 2025: #RichDick #SamAltman should be thrown in a #Stargate
#uspol #socialism #capitalism #AI #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #ClimateChange #energy #healthcare #privacy #panopticon #datacenters #fossilfuels #coal #dirtycoal #potus #abuse
https://means.tv/programs/mmn?cid=4053624&permalink=mmn-daily_012425

EU’s #solar and #wind growth pushes fossil-fuel power to lowest level in 40 years https://www.carbonbrief.org/eus-solar-and-wind-growth-pushes-fossil-fuel-power-to-lowest-level-in-40-years/

"Over the past decade, #coal power use in the European Union has fallen by 61%... #SolarPower output in the EU more than tripled between 2014 and 2024... with last year seeing coal generation overtaken for the first time. Meanwhile, #wind generation has more than doubled over the same period."