Trump clings to coal as worldwide demand plummets
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WASHINGTON — Market demand for the dirtiest of fossil fuels is plummeting worldwide, according to industry data published Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump has made reviving the long-struggling U.S. coal mines the bedrock of his administration’s energy policy.
The BP Statistical Review of World Energy shows global coal production fell by more than 6 per cent last year. That’s the largest decline in the history of BP’s survey, which the British energy company has issued annually for more than six decades.
It is the second straight year that coal demand has declined. Production at U.S. coal mines fell by 19 per cent. China’s coal production fell by nearly 8 per cent.
On the whole, coal’s share of global energy consumption fell to 28 per cent, the lowest since 2004.
