BBC: Coal-fired power stations will remain a "key source" of British energy, Cabinet minister John Hutton has said. Mr Hutton, who is considering proposals to build a new coal station in Kent, said fossil fuels were needed to back up nuclear and renewable energy. He said the UK was playing a leading role in "clean coal" power generation. The Lib Dems said without carbon capture and storage technology, clean coal was "a total myth" – the Tories …