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Title: Global Use of Coal Hit Record High in 2024

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/22/1936...

Coal use hit a record high around the world last year despite efforts to
switch to clean energy, imperilling the world's attempts to rein in global
heating. From a report: The share of coal in electricity generation dropped
as renewable energy surged ahead. But the general increase in power demand
meant that more coal was used overall, according to the annual State of
Climate Action report, published on Wednesday. The report painted a grim
picture of the world's chances of avoiding increasingly severe impacts from
the climate crisis. Countries are falling behind the targets they have set
for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which have continued to rise, albeit
at a lower rate than before. Clea Schumer, a research associate at the World
Resources Institute thinktank, which led the report, said: "There's no doubt
that we are largely doing the right things. We are just not moving fast
enough. One of the most concerning findings from our assessment is that for
the fifth report in our series in a row, efforts to phase out coal are well
off track."

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