G7 countries say they’ll phase out coal by 2035 — with caveats

A group of nations known as the G-7 say they’ll eliminate coal from their power sector — unless those coal plants capture their planet-warming emissions — by 2035. 

In a communique this week, the nations’ environment and climate leaders said they would phase out “unabated coal power” — that which does not use technology to capture its emissions — “during the first half of 2030s”

However, it also offers an alternative, saying that nations could phase out coal’s use during that...