A DRAMATIC increase in US coal consumption was “by far the biggest contributor” to the overall increase in global CO2 emissions last year, a report has revealed.
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    From the article, SYAC.

    The rise in coal use was largely driven by the growth of data centres.

    “Make no mistake: China is still by far the biggest CO2 emitter in the world” in absolute terms, Law stressed.

    The surge in US coal came amid president Donald Trump’s explicit pro-coal agenda.

    Despite the country’s coal surge, solar has also increased in the US and generated more electricity than coal for the first time in May this year.