<div>'Political watershed' as 19 countries pledge to phase out coal</div>

New alliance launched at Bonn climate talks hopes to signal the end of the dirtiest fossil fuel that kills 800,000 people a year with air pollutionA new alliance of 19 nations committed to quickly phasing out coal has been launched at the UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany. It was greeted as a “political watershed”, signalling the end of the dirtiest fossil fuel that currently provides 40% of global electricity.New pledges were made on Thursday by Mexico, New Zealand, Denmark and Angola for the Powering Past Coal Alliance, which is led by the UK and Canada. Related: 'Tobacco at a cancer summit': Trump coal push savaged at climate conference Related: Climate change will determine humanity's destiny, says Angela Merkel Continue reading...