Is the global coal boom fizzling out?

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Report finds for every new coal plant built across the world two have been shelved or cancelled since 2010

The coal boom of the last decade appears to be petering out, according to new research that finds more coal-fired power plants are now being retired than built. A new paper by the Sierra Club and research...

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