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Britain to join US in ending coal power support abroad

2013-11-22 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Britain said Wednesday it would join the United States in a charge to curb financial aid for building coal-fired power plants abroad. The announcement was made at UN climate talks in Warsaw where the fossil fuel -- the biggest single contributor to global warming -- has been at the centre of a storm. "The UK will join the United States in agreeing to end support for public financing of new coal-fired power plants overseas, except in rare circumstances," Ed Davey, Britain's energy secretary,...

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