Coal use rise looks bad for climate aims - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

Wednesday June 13, 12:29 AM

Coal use rise looks bad for climate aims

LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Ambitious goals to fight climate
change look less achievable as coal use continued to soar last
year in China and India, data compiled by BP Plc showed on
Tuesday.

The data confirmed that China was on track to overtake the
United States as the world's number one carbon emitter this
year, one analyst said.

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Coal releases more of the planet-warming greenhouse gas
carbon dioxide (CO2) than any other fossil fuel.

But coal was the fastest growing fuel globally worldwide
last year, BP's annual Statistical Review of World Energy
showed, rising at a rate that was slightly down on last
year but well above the average for the last decade.

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