BP: Increased Coal Use in 2018 Hurt Efforts to Limit CO2 Buildup in Atmosphere

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--July 5, 2019--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Global coal production and consumption increased at their fastest rates in five years in 2018, and for executives at BP Plc (NYSE:BP) (London, England), that's nothing to celebrate. Last year's 4.3% gain in global coal production and 1.4% increase in worldwide consumption moves the world farther away from attaining the goals of the Paris Climate Accord of limiting future increases in global temperature, BP executives said June 11 in releasing the 68th annual statistical review of world energy.

Within this article: Details of BP's annual statistical report.