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Will global coal boom go bust as climate concerns increase?

2013-04-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment Health: Today, the global economy annually consumes at least 80 times more coal than was burned in 1850 at the height of the Industrial Revolution. The International Energy Agency said that global coal use -- now close to 8 billion tons a year -- could increase by 65 percent by 2035 if current energy trends continue. A recent independent analysis reported that 1,200 new coal-fired power plants are being proposed worldwide, three-quarters of them in India and China. The planet still has so much coal underground...

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