Investors predict "start of the end" of coal in Asia

        March 20, 2019 TreeHugger | Saudi Arabia | fossil fuels: oil

Following coal-powered plant closures in the West, Asia has begun divesting from coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. Despite China's recent rapid growth, much of it fueled by coal, and Japan's energy crunch from the post-2011 tsunami nuclear shutdown, coal is now being phased out for renewables, good for reducing global warming and pollution.