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The Guardian - UK
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Amy Hawkins in Beijing

EU ambassador to China urges Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants

A coal storage facility at a power plant in Wuhan, Hubei province
A coal storage facility at a power plant in Wuhan, Hubei province. Photograph: AP

The EU’s ambassador to China has urged Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants, saying that its rapid approval of new projects was increasingly at odds with its green ambitions.

Speaking at an EU-hosted event in Beijing, Jorge Toledo said the war in Ukraine had underlined the need for energy security, but that the EU had managed to navigate the issue without reverting to fossil fuels.

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