An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies reached a deal to shut down their coal-fired power plants in the first half of the 2030s, in a significant step towards the transition away from fossil fuels. "There is a technical agree.
(CNN) The Group of Seven nations announced Tuesday its member nations would end the use of “unabated” coal by 2035, but left the door open<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/the-worlds-most-advanced-economies-just-agreed-to-end-coal-use-by-2035-with-a-catch/">Read More</a>
The agreement on coal marks a significant step in the direction indicated last year by the COP28 United Nations climate summit to phase out fossil fuels, of which coal is the most polluting
The Group of Seven nations announced Tuesday that its member nations would end the use of “unabated” coal by 2035 at the latest, but left the door open for some countries to stretch that deadline in particular contexts.
G7 ministers agreed a timeframe Tuesday for phasing out coal-fired power plants, setting as a goal the mid-2030s, in a move hailed as significant by some environmentalists but slammed as "too late" by others.