Peabody Energy told to scrub 'clean coal' claims

Jessica Shankleman
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Advertising Standards Authority raps coal giant over green ad campaign

The world's largest private coal company Peabody Energy has been banned from touting the low-carbon virtues of its "clean coal" technology, after it ran adverts arguing fossil fuels represented one of...

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