Coal ‘isn’t going anywhere’ despite renewables boom, says industry head

Coal isn’t going anywhere, according to the boss of the World Coal Association (WCA), who said “sensible” investors should keep their money in the fossil fuel and avoid “political” moves to divest.

Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel and the industry has suffered heavily from the rapid rise of renewables in Europe and of shale gas in the US, with the threat of a greater crackdown on carbon emissions to come at a crunch UN climate change summit in Paris in December.

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