Yesterday was the last day of coal burning in the UK. A real achievement of successive governments to replace with renewables and gas. I believe UK is the first country to wean ourselves off coal entirely though Spain are hot on our heels. A change to a cleaner world is possible

CBcarbonbrief.orgSep 27, 2024 9:21am

By the end of this month, the UK will bring its 142-year coal-powered era to an end with the closure of its last remaining plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar. Carbon Brief looks at how the UK became the first G7 country to completely phase out coal power.

First G7 country, but Belgium, Austria, Sweden and Portugal are already there according to this tracker. beyondfossilfuels.org/europes-coal....

Meanwhile, Australia is expanding coal mining. #coal#climatewww.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

See the greenhouse gas impact of Labor’s decision to expand three NSW coalmines

The 1.3bn tonnes of carbon that may be generated by the three projects is more than triple Australia’s entire annual emissions

William Stanley Jevons would be so fascinated.