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Will plans for new UK coal mine scupper net-zero ambitions at COP26?

6 September 2021

The fate of plans for the UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years will be fiercely debated at a public inquiry starting tomorrow, in what is expected to be a landmark test case of what new fossil fuel projects should be allowed as countries act to hit...

Shipping has made slow progress on climate change – can methanol help?

31 August 2021

Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, has ordered eight ships capable of running on methanol, which could prove a crucial route to helping the shipping industry decarbonise

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Will plans for new UK coal mine scupper net-zero ambitions at COP26?

Shipping has made slow progress on climate change – can methanol help?

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