OTTAWA — Canada is joining forces with the United Kingdom to push for a global crackdown on unabated coal-fired electricity. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is on a two-day trip to the U.K. and Ireland this week, pushing Canada as a global leader on climate change action. About 40 per cent of the world’s power is generated from burning coal and in Canada one-tenth of electricity comes from coal plants. McKenna was the closing keynote speaker at Chatham House’s climate change conference Wednesday but Bailey said he hadn’t yet heard about Canada and Britain’s plans. The U.K. and Canada both have the kind of national climate change plans that give them authority on the matter internationally and Bailey said they now need to really use it.

Source: National Post October 12, 2017 08:03 UTC