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Britain Calls for Global Coal Phase-Out at Climate Talks; Yet Greenlights Fracking, Opencast Coalmining
November 17, 2017
LONDON, Nov. 17 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release:

Britain calls for global coal phase-out at the climate talks happening in Bonn today, yet greenlights fracking in Yorkshire and opencast coalmining in Northumberland. Isn't this just hypocritical?

The UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Bonn, Germany, will end tomorrow. On the penultimate day of talks Britain, along with Canada, will defy US support for fossil fuels and instead lobby for . . .

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