{"id":76894,"date":"2026-04-01T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/01\/iran-energy-crisis-asia-dirty-fuels-coal"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:05:00","slug":"asia-ramps-up-use-of-dirty-fuels-to-cover-energy-shortfall-triggered-by-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=76894","title":{"rendered":"Asia ramps up use of dirty fuels to cover energy shortfall triggered by Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea will delay the shutdown of coal-fired plants, while the Philippines also plans to boost the output of its coal-burning plants<\/p>\n<p>Governments across Asia are ramping up their use of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, as they try to cover huge energy shortfalls triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The move has triggered warnings from climate experts who point to coal\u2019s devastating environmental impact, and say the energy crisis should be a wake up call for governments to invest in renewables, which can offer a more stable supply that is not exposed to price shocks.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/01\/iran-energy-crisis-asia-dirty-fuels-coal\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea will delay the shutdown of coal-fired plants, while the Philippines also plans to boost the output of its coal-burning plantsGovernments across Asia are ramping up their use of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, as they try to cover huge energ&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,589,493,65,3510,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coal","category-energy","category-environment","category-us-israel-war-on-iran","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76895,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76894\/revisions\/76895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}