The confidential deals to keep coal-fired power stations running | 7.30

Coal-fired power stations have been keeping the lights on for more than a century. But the private operators who run them have been bringing forward their closure dates as investors push for a greener future.

Now governments are signing confidential deals to keep coal-fired power stations open to prevent snap closures. Rhiana Whitson reports.

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