Times (UK): If plans to build new coal-fired power stations go ahead in Britain, it will be rather like building palaces to burn caviar. The cost of coal and construction are rocketing up. Most of the coal will be imported, mainly from Russia. The carbon dioxide emissions created will be about twice those produced in gas-burning facilities of equal power. With the looming threat of climate change, and growing concerns about energy security, waving through a new generation of dirty coal plants would be …