Mayor Bloomberg pumps $50m into anti-coal campaign

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New York Mayor throws weight behind campaign to slash US coal power

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has today yesterday announced he is to donate $50m to a Sierra Club campaign calling for the closure of coal power plants and the accelerated development of alternative...

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