In July 2023, the European Commission adopted its proposal to revise and merge the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the 3R […]
Beyond Fossil Fuels, together with BankTrack, Cittadini Sostenibili, Coal Action Network, Reclaim Finance, ShareAction, and Urgewald, wrote to BNP Paribas […]
Across Europe, coal power is on its last legs. Most European countries committed to phasing out one of the dirtiest fossil fuels from their power sectors over the past decade. Now those commitments are starting to materialise. The summer of 2025 marks a historic moment: two of Europe’s largest economies, Italy and Spain, are preparing to end coal power generation on the mainland, following closely on the heels of Ireland’s coal exit in June and the UK’s in 2024. These closures are not isolated events. They are part of a broader transformation already reshaping the European energy landscape from fossil fuels to renewables-based.
Jakie korzyści może przynieść jedna turbina wiatrowa? Jak spółdzielnie mogą zmniejszyć rachunki za prąd o połowę? Odpowiedzi szukać można na Lubelszczyźnie, gdzie działa pierwsza w Polsce turbina wiatrowa w spółdzielni energetycznej. Ceny prądu nieustannie pozostają tematem rozmów i obaw wśród Polek i Polaków. Nie inaczej jest w Hrubieszowie, mieście w województwie lubelskim. Jednak tam rozmowy przerodziły się w konkretne rozwiązania. To właśnie tam postawiono na spółdzielnie energetyczne. Dzięki temu członkowie spółdzielni oszczędzają kilkadziesiąt tysięcy złotych miesięcznie na rachunkach za energię - jest ona o połowę tańsza niż kupowana z sieci.
On 13 March 2024, environmental activists in Poland won a court case against the Turów coal mine. The ruling, handed down by a regional administrative court in Warsaw, invalidated the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) required by PGE, Poland’s largest power producer, to secure its mining licence until 2044.
The idea of building windmills in the Pomeranian municipality of Potęgowo first appeared nearly 25 years ago. Back then, rumors swirled that the presence of windmills would be disastrous for local agriculture—chickens would stop laying eggs, and cows would stop producing milk. Today, we can safely say that it was all fairytales. Since the first turbines were installed in 2008, Potęgowo has seen the construction of 56 turbines, with 23 more currently underway.
Wind turbines offer us the chance to use local resources and become permanently independent of fossil fuels. Yet, Andrzej Duda is once again missing an excellent opportunity to secure our future, to the detriment of Poles and the economy.
Reducing gas and coal by a third is possible by 2025 and gaining independence from both can happen by 2035.
Just as we expect every last one of the 157 coal plants remaining in Europe will end up with pre-2030 closure dates in the coming years, we also expect that by 2035 our power sector will be based completely on renewable energy instead of fossils. That is what we will campaign for: going Beyond Fossil Fuels.