China sheds emissions equivalent to entire UK output over first four months of 2015

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World's biggest coal consumer looks set to cut use of the fossil fuel faster than any other country, Energydesk analysis finds

China's emissions are plummeting as the country famed for being the world's biggest coal consumer starts to cut its use of the polluting fossil fuel faster than any other nation. Official data shows...

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