Coal climbs back into the conversation at U.N. climate talks
(WorldNews Japan)

Coal has received a surprising amount of attention at this year´s round of U.N. climate talks. But instead of focusing on how to keep it in the ground, discussions have centered on how to dig more out. All this talk of coal is jarring, given that this is meant to be a conference about solving climate change. Earlier this year, the U.N.´s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered a crushing verdict on the future of coal: If the world is to avoid more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.4 degrees Fahrenheit) of average global temperature rise — at which point we could see meaningful increases in heat waves, droughts, sea-level rise, and more — then the use of this fuel must drop...