China’s coal use has peaked ‘sooner than expected’

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By Shreya DasguptaJul 26, 2016, 11:40 pm231 pts
China is the largest consumer of coal in the world. It is also the world’s biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world. But China’s coal use may have reached its peak in 2014, a new study published in Nature Geoscience suggests. In 2014, China’s coal use declined by 2.9 percent, and dropped further by…

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