The global coal boom finally seems to be winding down / March, 2017

"Though the big picture remains daunting, the shift from last year to this year is fairly astonishing. It offers a ray of hope."

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Plans for coal-fired power in Asia are 'disaster for planet' warns World Bank / May 2016

“If Vietnam goes forward with 40GW of coal, if the entire region implements the coal-based plans right now, I think we are finished,” Kim told a two-day gathering of government and corporate leaders in Washington, in a departure from his prepared remarks.

“That would spell disaster for us and our planet.”

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Stop #Climate Hypocrisy: Cancel 2,440 Coal Plants Planned Worldwide

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— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) March 24, 2016

"Even if only half of these planned plants are built, we will exceed the 1.5C warming limit the world agreed only three months ago at the Paris climate talks by 200% or more - bringing us closer to an extinction level event."