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World must stop new unabated coal-fired power - U.S. climate envoy Kerry (www.reuters.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam are building new coal fired power plants. China is by far the most important consuming over half the worlds coal today. They are also building the most plants, whereas especially Europe and the US are shutting down theirs over the years. So the US is in a position to lobby for less coal to hurt China and we all know the current problems both of them have right now.