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Coal is in the pits, despite US President Donald Trump鈥檚 promise to rekindle the world鈥檚 dirtiest energy source.
A new from the International Energy Agency reveals that global demand for coal slumped by 4.2 per cent over the past two years. That nearly equals the largest drop since the IEA started compiling statistics 40 years ago; a two-year decline in the early 1990s.
If current trends continue, coal鈥檚 share of the global power supply will fall below 36 per cent by 2022. That will also be the lowest since IEA statistics began.…
