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The end of coal is in sight
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It is almost with jubilation that the British presidency of the COP26 announced on Wednesday evening an agreement bringing together 190 countries, regions and companies, which pledge to phase out electricity produced from coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.
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This agreement includes 18 countries committing for the first time to phase out coal and not to build or invest in new coal-fired power plants,
" London said in a statement, citing Poland, Vietnam and Chile.
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As part of this coalition, the countries would thus commit - again according to the press release - to end all investments in new electricity production from coal at the national and international level (it is not specified in from when), to "
rapidly intensify
" the transition to clean electricity and above all to gradually phase out coal-fired energy in
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