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A Desperate Need for Electricity in China and Other Developing Countries Is Fueling Global Coal Use

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Claims about going “beyond coal” are greatly exaggerated. Robert Bryce reports.

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Amidst all the hype about renewable energy, worries about climate change, and surging domestic production of natural gas, the global coal market continues to boom like never before.

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Proof of that can be found in a report released today by the Paris-based International Energy Agency.

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