The UK's last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is due to end operations on Monday.

The UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal - ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel.

The country’s last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finishes operations on Monday after running since 1967.

This marks a major milestone in the country’s ambitions to reduce its contribution to climate change. Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel producing the most greenhouse gases when burnt.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Quite a change from a country that once had coal-based smog so bad that it was a literal disaster with massive health consequences.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London

    My dad lived through it. He said you would put a handkerchief over your mouth when you went outside and when you got to where you were going, it would be black.