thermal coal

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is catching flak from opposition MPs after Canada’s Impact Assessment Agency decided a massive thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta does not require a federal assessment.

Ulaanbaatar is a modest coal-burning city of 1.5 million with an air pollution problem so severe there are Reddit threads debating whether it is the world’s worst.

Thermal coal contains significant amounts of mercury, which can threaten the development of unborn babies, and accumulate in bodies and aquatic food chains. 

Environmental groups want the federal government to investigate construction on an Alberta coal mine expansion for potentially violating federal law that protects endangered fish and their habitat​​​​​​​.

Canadian exports of the kind of coal used to make electricity hit an eight-year high in 2022, even as the Liberals have promised to work on banning exports completely by the end of the decade.

Thursday was a big day for Canada at COP26 — the country pledged to end foreign fossil fuel finance by 2022 and Quebec signed on to the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance — but observers are disappointed the country isn’t moving faster to ditch the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel: coal. 

The groups behind the push say the federal government's current promise of ending exports by 2030 isn't soon enough to keep global warming below 1.5 C.

One fossil fuel has remained mostly out of the spotlight so far, writes family physician Dr. Melissa Lem, unacknowledged by three of the five major parties’ platforms: thermal coal.

Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says new thermal coal projects are "extremely unlikely" to move forward but is stopping short of a full ban.

Canada's export development bank is getting entirely out of the coal game but will continue to fund the oil and gas sector as the world transitions towards cleaner sources of energy.

The premier’s quixotic inconsistency appears to be designed to garner votes in the current B.C. election campaign rather than indicating a rational approach to climate change.