silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agoG7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 yearstheprogressplaybook.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down15
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkG7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 yearstheprogressplaybook.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoWhat are the exceptions? There’s always exceptions.
minus-squarePirateJesuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoExcept if y’all forget about the promise, in time for us to make another 10 year goal!
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThe exception is that this is just about coal and electricity/heating and only in the G7 countries.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoNone that I can tell. Digging up and burning coal is a fairly expensive way to generate electricity, and the particulates it produces kill a lot of people. So its in peoples’ interest to put a stop to it.
What are the exceptions? There’s always exceptions.
Except if y’all forget about the promise, in time for us to make another 10 year goal!
The exception is that this is just about coal and electricity/heating and only in the G7 countries.
None that I can tell. Digging up and burning coal is a fairly expensive way to generate electricity, and the particulates it produces kill a lot of people. So its in peoples’ interest to put a stop to it.