Worldwide demand for coal is set to reach a record this year, powered by a rebound in the United States under the anti-renewables policies of the second Trump administration.
The use of coal, the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, is poised to surge 8 per cent this year in the US, a major shift from the average 6 per cent annual decline over the past 15 years, the International Energy Agency said in its closely watched annual coal report on Wednesday.
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