Energy & Science

Coal in Sharp Decline as Poland Faces Key EU Climate Showdown

Bulldozers arrange stores of coking coal in Slaska, Poland.

Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg

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Poland used less coal to generate electricity last year than any other time on record after the rising cost of carbon-emissions permits pushed the country toward alternative fuels and imports.