In 10 years Japan will cut coal’s 33% share of its energy production to 26%. That’s one seriously big crisis for Australian coal exporters.
Australia’s thermal coal industry and its colossal carbon emissions are increasingly looking like an unwanted guest in a global economy that can’t wait for it to leave.
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s pledge this week for Japan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is another signal that Australia’s climate denialist government, and the fossil fuel industries it…
