Australia’s Coal State Ditches Plan to Shut Coal Power Plants

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The Australian state of Queensland, home to one of the world’s largest coal reserves, is abolishing a previous state government decision to close all its coal-fired power plants by 2035, as it vows to pursue a sensible and pragmatic plan to meet its energy needs.   The Queensland government on Friday unveiled an Energy Roadmap, which is based on economics and engineering, not ideology, Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Energy David Janetzki said. “The former Labor Government’s ideological decision to close coal units…