Curated Video
Brussels wants an EU-wide ban on Russian coal imports
The measure requires the unanimous approval of all 27 EU countries.
Curated Video
EU countries yet to reach agreement on fresh sanctions against Russia
Ambassadors from across the bloc were meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to hammer out the final details of the new measures.
Curated Video
US coal miners' strike: Employer in Alabama uses non-union workers
In Alabama, the longest strike in the US state's history shows little sign of being resolved.
Curated Video
Climate change to make world sicker, poorer: UN report
There are fears from scientists that the conflict in Ukraine will overshadow the release of a climate report that's being called "an atlas of suffering" by the United Nations.
Curated Video
Stranded Assets
Fossil fuel investments are big business, but what happens when they are not? Al Jazeera’s Colin Baker looks at how, in a net-zero world, they could become stranded assets.
Curated Video
Germany faces a gigantic task to meet its CO2 reduction goals, says country's new climate minister
Germany's new climate minister said the country is currently on track to halve its emissions by 2030 - far off the government's target of 65%.
Curated Video
Italy steelworkers: Courts rule toxins in steel factory increasing cancer rates
Italy is committing billions of dollars to transform one of Europe's largest steelworks into a hub for 'green steel.'
Curated Video
Kyrgyzstan gov’t relies more on coal amid energy crisis
A look at one of the most polluted cities in the world - and how residents in Kyrgzstan's capital Bishkek are dealing with an energy crisis.
Curated Video
Russia halts coal exports to Ukraine
Russia has stopped exporting coal to Ukraine, saying it has too much domestic demand this year.
Curated Video
Mine officials remanded in custody in Siberia after deadly blast
On Friday Russian authorities had released the names of 51 people presumed dead after a methane explosion the day before in the Listvyazhnaya mine.
Curated Video
Analyst explains how "the sneeze" can explain climate successes
Analyst explains how "the sneeze" can explain climate successes
Curated Video
UK says COP26 climate pact 'historic' but 'tinged with disappointment'
The UK hosted nearly 200 world leaders at the UN climate conference in Glasgow for two weeks, ending on Saturday with a climate pact that many criticised as making not enough progress.
Curated Video
Former minister McKenna says last minute COP26 talks typical of climate summits
Catherine McKenna, Canada's former minister of environment and climate change, says there is always a flurry of activity and long negotiations at the end of climate summits such as COP26 in Glasgow.
Curated Video
COP26 criticized for coal compromise
After weeks of negotiation, the final COP26 agreement compromised on a pledge to phase down coal power instead of phasing it out entirely, which critics say could hamper the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial...
Curated Video
Obama tells COP26 China is a barrier to climate progress
Former U.S. president Barack Obama told the COP26 summit that China has become a barrier to progress on climate change, but one American scientist says the country tends to under-promise and over-deliver.
Curated Video
Convincing Cape Breton to kick its coal habit
Many Cape Breton residents still use coal to heat their homes, but Nova Scotia Power is pushing for cleaner energy sources and going coal free by 2030.
Curated Video
India's climate dilemma: Jharkhand state fights plans for coal mine expansion
The Indian state of Jharkhand has challenged the central government’s coal mine expansion plans in the Supreme Court on environmental grounds.
Curated Video
Canada joins COP26 pledge to halt investment in coal power
Canada has signed on to a COP26 pledge to halt investment in coal power generation and stop using coal entirely before 2040, but some doubt how much of a difference the agreement will make in emissions without the U.S., India or...
Curated Video
G20 says climate action is critical, but only offer modest steps
G20 leaders make meek pledges on net-zero emissions and coal financing, leaving uphill task for COP26.
Curated Video
COP26: The fight over coal explained
It’s the biggest single source of global warming and coal looks likely to be a major point of disagreement at the #COP26 talks on climate action. But why is it such a sticking point?
Curated Video
Trudeau says Canada wanted a more ambitious climate plan at G20 summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says progress was made at the G20 summit in Rome, but noted that Canada was among the countries that left wanting a more ambitious plan to tackle climate change.
Curated Video
Residents’ suffering won’t end India’s reliance on coal
India’s coal mines are drying up the groundwater, destroying crops and leaving residents to pay for clean water, but the country still relies on the dirty fuel for power and revenue as it attempts to move toward cleaner energy sources.
Curated Video
Poland: A EU coal power hub on tough carbon neutral mission
Poland has agreed to hit the 2050 carbon neutral target agreed to with the European Union, but it still generates 70 percent of its electricity by burning coal and lignite.
Curated Video
Coal mining debate turns Alberta’s foothills into political battleground
The growing debate over the return of open-pit coal mining to parts of the Rocky Mountain foothills has turned the region into a political battleground with people weighing the potential economic benefit against the cost to the...