Pro-coal energy minister calls UK protesters naïve
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Opponents of plans to build Britain’s first coal-fired power station in 20 years are naive, says UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Wicks said the "lay person" might think that energy policy was "about windmills," but, "the rather boring fact is that the world is going to be burning lots of coal.”
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