In the United States, pledges to revive the coal sector have become a political battleground, even though the industry employs only about 50,000 people.
@ChathamSian examines the Future of Coal for @TheWorldToday
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Coal decline in the US is largely explained by its inability to compete with domestic shale gas and renewables at home, and high-volume, low-cost exporters abroad.
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MAP: Coal Trade Flows Over the past ten years, China and India’s growing demand transformed the trade. Australia and Indonesia emerged as the world’s biggest exporters, accounting for over half of global exports. (http://resourcetrade.earth )pic.twitter.com/7oB5941PaG
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Britain, which was the first country to develop coal-fired power, may now be one of the first to end it. Read More:https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/future-coal …
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