So getting out of coal is an «essential feature» of climate action, the report says, and it is «critical» to limit further coal expansion. (carbonbrief.org)
Japan's solar PV employment rose by 28 % but the country is also being criticised for a large coal expansion plan. (theguardian.com)
The tar sands in Canada are an environmental disaster in other ways, but the incremental emissions of greenhouse gases are small compared to the far greater threat of massive coal expansion in China, or potential fugitive emission of methane from fracking, or massive deforestation in Indonesia and Latin America, or any number of other major sources of greenhouse gases. (getenergysmartnow.com)