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India’s coal power use may have already peaked, says report
Rapidly cutting global coal consumption is necessary to meet climate goals set under the Paris Agreement.
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. Updated: 16 Feb 2021, 05:36 AM IST Bloomberg
The third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases has a chance to leave the dirtiest fossil fuel behind
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India’s use of coal may have peaked in 2018, according to a new report by according to U.K.-based clean energy group Ember. That’s sooner than many experts have forecast.
The share of the dirtiest fossil fuel in India’s power mix fell for the second year in a row in 2020, according to the report released on Tuesday, due to an economic slowdown in 2019 followed by a pandemic-induced recession. There’s a chance coal power never has to breach 2018 levels again if the Indian government meets its renewable energy goals, Ember senior analyst Aditya Lolla wrote.
European spot electricity prices for Wednesday delivery fell on Tuesday on an expected jump in German wind power production as well as falling demand in France and Germany as temperatures continue to rise.
Meet America’s 63rd National Park
The New River Gorge in West Virginia got the federal government’s highest protection, thanks, in part, to the latest pandemic relief bill.
Kayakers enjoy calm waters under the New River Gorge Bridge.Credit.Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Feb. 16, 2021
As Americans continue to weather the pandemic, the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and spending bill passed by the federal government in December brought an unexpected and lasting gift: a new national park.
The 5,593-page spending package included a raft of provisions authorizing little-known projects the construction of the Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, for one and giving lawmakers a chance to advance a variety of long-delayed initiatives. Among them was the elevation of the New River Gorge, in southern West Virginia, to the status of Yellowstone, Yosemite and the country’s other most renowned outdoor spaces. The designation of the area roughly 72,000 acres of
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