German police have long collaborated with energy giant RWE to enforce ecological catastrophe

Clashes at a huge coal mine were the latest episode in a long struggle.

Andrea Brock, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex • conversation
Sept. 21, 2023 • ~11 min

Pulverised fuel ash: how we can recycle the dirty byproduct from coal-fired power stations

Pulverised fuel ash can be recycled and used to manufacture concrete as well as other products.

Jonathan Oti, Associate Professor at the Advanced Materials Testing Centre (AMTeC), University of South Wales • conversation
Sept. 1, 2023 • ~5 min

Cumbria coal mine: how to understand local support for the new pit

Local people describe a purposeful past in this former mining community – and a bleak future.

Pancho Lewis, Researcher, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University • conversation
Dec. 15, 2022 • ~7 min

Cumbria coal mine: empty promises of carbon capture tech have excused digging up more fossil fuel for decades

Here’s what I’ve learned from researching the history of UK climate policy.

Marc Hudson, Research Fellow in Industrial Decarbonisation Policy, University of Sussex • conversation
Dec. 8, 2022 • ~4 min

Why defusing 'carbon bombs' offers a promising new agenda for tackling climate change

More than 400 proposed fossil fuel extraction projects threaten to blow the world’s 1.5°C target.

Kjell Kühne, PhD Candidate in Energy & Politics, University of Leeds • conversation
Sept. 2, 2022 • ~6 min

A new coal mine in Cumbria makes no sense for the climate – or Britain's energy security

After years of complex legal processes and misinformation, the mine’s fate hangs in the balance.

Rebecca Willis, Professor in Energy and Climate Governance, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University • conversation
April 26, 2022 • ~6 min

Cumbria coal mine could usher in a net-zero-compliant fossil fuel industry – or prove it was always a fantasy

Woodhouse Colliery would be the UK's first new deep coal mine in three decades.

Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford • conversation
Feb. 9, 2021 • ~7 min

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