Coals Up!

Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg

After the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, after the latest COP 28 in December 2023, after the agreements to reduce fossil fuel emissions, we are in fact increasing fossil fuel emissions, around the world, including emissions from the filthiest of fossil fuels, coal.

Axios informs us that global coal-fired power capacity grew by another 2% last year, driven by Chinese additions and slowing shutdowns in the U.S. and other regions, per new analyses…