Asian coal plant drive threatens climate goals: report
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 30, 2021
Five Asian countries are responsible for 80 percent of new coal power stations planned worldwide, with the projects threatening goals to fight the climate crisis, a report warned Wednesday. China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam are planning to build more than 600 coal plants, think-tank Carbon Tracker said. The stations will be able to generate a total of 300 gigawatts of energy -
