Time to make coal history
Coal is at the toxic heart of the fossil-fuel economy
AROUND THE world the mood is shifting. Xi Jinping has adopted a target to cut China’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2060. Under Joe Biden, America will rejoin the Paris agreement, which it adopted five years ago. In the financial markets clean-energy firms are all the rage. This month Tesla will join the S&P 500 share index—as one of its largest members.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Make coal history”
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