How the UK chalked up 1,000-hours without coal power

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A Bank Holiday record of 114 consecutive hours without using coal power underlined the UK's progress in quitting its dirtiest fuel, but where next for the fossil fuel phase out?

The UK went a record 114 hours without using coal power over the Bank Holiday weekend, its longest consecutive period without drawing on the principal cause of global warming since the start of the Industrial...

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