The Great Energy Paradox: Why China is Pacing the Global Green Transition While Fueling a Massive Coal Expansion
By Eugene Ellmen Special to Sustainable Business & Finance Executive Overview By almost any empirical metric, the People’s…
#coal
29 Articles
The Great Climate Paradox: Why China is Racing Toward Clean Energy While Supercharging Its Coal Empire
By Eugene Ellmen Published in Sustainable Business & Finance Executive Overview By any objective measure, the People’s Republic…
The Great Energy Paradox: Why China’s Clean Energy Triumph Is Fueled by an Unprecedented Coal Boom
By Eugene Ellmen Sustainable Business and Finance Correspondent Executive Overview By any verifiable global metric, China stands today…
The Anatomy of an Open Wound: Pacific Climate Activists Witness the True Scale of Australia’s Coal Extraction at Saraji Mine
Executive Overview In the heart of Queensland’s Bowen Basin lies the Saraji coal mine, a colossal open-cut extraction…
Arizona Public Service Extends Life of Notorious Four Corners Coal Plant to 2038, Igniting Outrage Among Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders
Executive Overview In a controversial move that has drawn swift condemnation from environmental advocates and Indigenous leaders, Arizona…
The Coal Paradox: How Founding Members of the UN Net-Zero Banking Alliance Continued Financing the World’s Dirtiest Fuel
Executive Overview In November 2021, amidst the high-stakes diplomacy of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the global…
India’s Energy Transition Paradox: Clean Power Surge Freezes Coal Growth for First Time in 50 Years, Yet Heavy Industry Drives Emissions Rise
Executive Overview An authoritative analysis of India’s energy sector in the first half of 2026 reveals a historic…
The Great Chinese Energy Paradox: How Solar Outpaced Coal on Paper While Coal Still Rules the Grid
By Dan McCarthy Originally published by Canary Media | Adapted for Corporate Knights style Executive Overview For decades,…
The Twilight of Regulation: How the Trump Administration’s EPA Repeal Reshapes the American Coal Landscape and Stalls the Clean Energy Transition
Executive Overview In a sweeping regulatory rollback that marks the latest salvo in America’s two-decade-long climate policy whiplash,…
A Breath Bought and Paid For: The Crisis of Surging Black Lung Cases and the Endless Legal Limbo Facing America’s Coal Miners
Executive Overview For 38 years, Josh Armes descended into the subterranean darkness of coal mines across West Virginia…
