The end of coal should kickstart the UK's green industrial strategy

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If the government wants to get Britain working, it must come forward with a clean industrial plan for turbocharging green growth, writes CISL's Eliot Whittington

So it is done. The closure of the last coal-fired power station in the UK is a historic milestone and it should be celebrated. Solar and offshore wind have replaced the dirtiest fossil fuel and the plant's...

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