China and India Are Holding Up Global Shift From Coal Power: GEM

Amid rising global demand for electricity, coal consumption hit a new peak last year, and the International Energy Agency has revised its coal demand outlook higher in its last four annual reports.

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China and India’s coal-power boom is undermining the world’s shift from the heavily polluting source of electricity, according to a new report from Global Energy Monitor.