A US senator accused of jeopardising America's central pledge at the COP climate conference has told Sky News he rejects the accusation but says coal power plants in the state he represents will not be shut down
Last month, America's climate envoy John Kerry told Sky News of his country's sweeping plans to electrify and decarbonise the United States by rewarding suppliers for switching to clean power sources and penalising them if they don't.
"My goodness we have done more for climate, changed the climate basically in America faster than any other country on Earth in the last 10 years," he told Sky News.In full: US climate envoy John Kerry on China "You need to read the facts and see what's happening in the world. Look what happens in China; what's happening in Russia. Look what's going on over in your country."
It will also be much harder for the United States to push other big emitters like China and Russia to follow the American lead.What is carbon capture and could it help save the planet?
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