UK banks provided over $50bn in financing for coal-exposed firms from 2018 to 2020 (Getty Images) The UK’s biggest banks provided $56bn worth of financing for firms involved in the coal industry between 2018 and 2020, new research today has found. Of the top five banks exposed to the sector, Barclays provided by far the most financing to firms on the Global Coal Exit list, with $27bn. HSBC and Standard Chartered were second and third on the list, providing $15bn and $10bn respectively. Barclays and HSBC said that they had not provided any financing for new coal power plan...