Russia supplies 70 percent of all Europe’s thermal coal imports – which is burnt in power stations to generate electricity – but the EU is set to ban Russian coal imports from August.
European buyers have had to temporarily set aside green aspirations in a rush for coal as the region’s energy crisis deepens, ramping up shipments from Australia, South America, Colombia, and South Africa while tightening the global market, according to Reuters.
Thermal coal is considered one of the most carbon-heavy energy sources and Europe had been weaning itself off the fuel to meet pollution regulations and climate targets, Reuters said.
The protector of democracy disregards the Supreme Court.
Rhetoric vs. Reality
Shadow warfare between Israel and Iran increasingly threatens to spill over into open conflict. Iran avoids state-on-state hostility by pursuing asymmetrical warfare through proxy armies.
