Meanwhile, another unfashionable fuel is ready for comeback

As Tony Blair’s nuclear embrace appears to be reviving one of Britain’s ageing energy industries, another is waiting in the wings, poised for an equally unlikely comeback. Advocates of “clean coal” – until recently a laughable misnomer – are gaining political clout and serious investment.

Just this year, Britain’s electricity generation giants, EON and RWE, both announced plans to build prototype coal-fired power stations in the UK, from which the polluting gas carbon dioxide could be captured and stored underground.

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