Coal Boom Clouds Europe’s Green Image

For the December-January-February period as a whole there is a slight signal for below-average precipitation. –Met Office forecast, 21 November 2013

Met Office researchers have confirmed England and Wales are suffering from one of the wettest winter periods since rainfall records began in 1766. –Click Green, 6 February 2014

The European Union sees itself leading the world in curbing carbon-dioxide emissions and doing more than any other region to mitigate climate change. But it is also increasing the share of electricity being generated by the most carbon-intensive energy source of all: coal. Coal-fired electrical-generation plants are being started up in Europe—and comparatively clean gas-fired generating capacity is being shut down. That is hardly what the climate doctor ordered. –Stephen Fidler, The Wall Street Journal, 7 February 2014

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