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Fossil fuel demand shakes off pandemic in blow to climate fight
Reuters LONDON – Demand for coal and natural gas has exceeded pre-COVID-19 highs with oil not far behind, dealing a setback to hopes the pandemic would spur a faster transition to clean energy from fossil fuels. Global natural gas shortages, record gas and coal prices, a power crunch in China and a three-year high on oil prices all tell one