Government should follow church lead and phase out coal at the earliest possible opportunity

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Caroline Spelman MP argues the government should be proud of its commitment to phase out coal sooner rather than later

In the nineteenth Century, the Church of England, like many property owners of the time, made a significant proportion of its money out of coal mines. In May 2015 the Church Commissioners (of which I am...

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