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About Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
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... It has appointed the chief executive of the state-owned oil company, Sultan al-Jaber, Oil - like gas and Coal - is a fossil fuel...
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... This is the question of the language used to describe the world s long-term ambitions for " unabated" fossil fuels - Coal, oil and gas which are burned without technologies to capture their emissions...
COP26 President Alok Sharma to stand down as MP at next election
... The pact was the first ever UN climate deal to explicitly plan to reduce Coal - the worst fossil fuel for greenhouse gases...
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... They have largely been achieved by switching away from fossil fuels - Coal, oil and gas - for electricity...
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... " In the early 19th Century, doctors were investigating the disproportionate ill-health of miners in the new Coalfields, and concluded that lack of sunlight and malnutrition were the primary causes...
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... More electricity came from renewable and nuclear power sources than from fossil fuels gas and Coal, the second highest after 2020...
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... The researchers have said emissions were rising in 2022 because of an increase in flying and the use of Coal...
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COP26 President Alok Sharma to stand down as MP at next election
COP26 President Sir Alok Sharma has announced he will not stand at The Next general election.
The Conservative MP for Reading West said he had informed The constituency association he did not wish to be a candidate for The revised seat of Reading West & Mid Berkshire.
Sir Alok said it had " not been an easy decision".
He recently criticised Rishi Sunak 's announcement of exemptions and delays to several key green policies.
Sir Alok, who has represented The Berkshire seat since 2010, posted on Twitter, now known as X: " It has been The honour of My Life to serve as The MP for a constituency in The Town where I grew up and a privilege to serve in Government and represent The UK on The International stage. "
He was appointed to chair The UN's COP26 summit in Glasgow in November 2021.
It ended with a deal being struck in a bid to stave off severe Climate Change . The Pact was The First ever UN climate deal to explicitly plan to reduce Coal - The worst fossil fuel for greenhouse gases.
But The pledges did not go far enough to limit temperature rise to 1. 5C, seen by scientists as The threshold for dangerous impacts from Global Warming .
After The Deal , Sir Alok on tackling Climate Change .
Earlier this month he was critical of The , alongside a 50% increase in cash incentives to replace gas boilers.
Key among The Changes was a five-year delay in The ban on The sale of new petrol and diesel cars.
Speaking to The Bbc from The UN's Climate Action Summit, which Mr Sunak did not attend, Sir Alok said The response from international colleagues at The Event had been one of " consternation".
" My concern is whether people now look to us and say, 'Well, if The UK is starting to row back on some of these policies, maybe we should do The same', " He Said .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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