Powering Past Coal: Bloomberg Philanthropies and Drax join forces with UK's anti-coal push

Madeleine Cuff
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Bloomberg Philanthropies and energy giant Drax become latest organisations to signal support for Powering Past Coal Alliance

Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable body run on behalf of former New York Mayor and media tycoon Michael Bloomberg, has announced a new partnership with the joint UK-Canadian anti-coal initiative...

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