King Coal: Reports Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (apologies to Mark Twain)

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25 March 2025 7:00 AM
The latest twist in this tale of a death exaggerated starts with a Guardian story on Monday last week. In his trip to China – the world’s largest coal consumer by far, and with no let-up in sight – the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero “is hoping to shape a new global axis in favour of climate action along with China and developing countries, to counter Donald Trump’s abandonment of green policies in the US”. Then, on Saturday, the Daily Mail reported that Miliband “admits his solar panels bought for English schools and hospitals are Chinese and may be made using coal”.