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An international group of leading environmental organisations, the ENGO Network, has emphasised urgent action on carbon capture and storage projects is imperative in order to meet climate targets.

The US EPA has made an agreement with SIGECO to reduce air pollution from the company’s Southern Indiana coal-fired power plants in the US.

A motion criticising the UK government’s decision to scrap funding for CCS development in the UK has received cross-party support from member of the Scottish Parliamant.

Dr Colin Henderson’s new report for the IEA Clean Coal Centre, Power plant CO2 capture heat integration, explores various ways to use the ‘waste’ heat from capture systems in power plants to reduce the energy penalty of carbon capture.

The carbon footprint of shale gas is no smaller than that of coal when measured over a hundred year period.

Policy parity is vital for the deployment of CCS, according to World Coal Association, as a new study casts doubt on the cost-effectiveness of the technology.

Peabody Energy honours the world’s cleanest coal-fired plants with its Advanced Energy for Life Clean Coal Awards.

Two joint resolutions repealing the Clean Power Plan have been passed by the US House of Representatives but now face White House veto.

The European Committee has approved government support for the coal-to-biomass conversion project at the Lynemouth power plant in Northumbria, UK.

A round-up of some of this week's key news items from the international coal industry, from updates on coal-fired power plants to the latest sales and acquisitions.

DTEK Energy, a Ukraine energy company, has reported its coal mining companies coal production, supply and electricity generation for nine months of 2015.

The World Coal Association has called for global support for low-emission coal technologies in its COP21 position statement.

The UK government has broken its pledge to support the development of carbon capture and storage commercialisation by withdrawing funding for its CCS Competition just 6 months after it was due to be awarded.

Carbon Clean Solutions launches a test campaign at pioneering Technology Centre Mongstad, with intentions to bring its patented technology to commercial readiness.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. it will provide an ultra-supercritical-pressure boiler and flue gas desulfurisation system for a 1000 MW capacity expansion project at an existing coal-fired power generation plant in Cirebon, Indonesia.