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'Powering Past Coal': US commits to unabated coal phase out

James Murray in Dubai

02 December 2023 • 6 min read

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US among new members of the Powering Past Coal Alliance, as major economies back target to treble global nuclear capacity

The US has today officially joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), pledging to work to "accelerate unabated coal phase-out across the world" in a move that would have been unthinkable only a few...

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