Powering Past Coal Alliance

UK-Canada initiative welcomes 10 new members, as UN chief sets out three point plans for governments and businesses to accelerate coal power phase out

Legal & General, Aberdeen Standard Investments and Church of England Pensions Board join anti-coal, multi-stakeholder alliance that aims to encourage the phase out of coal by 2050 at the latest.

National Grid ESO confirms UK has completed 30 days and counting without coal power

Manifestos should go beyond the coal power phase-out, and commit to making the UK truly coal-free, argues campaign group Sandbag

Move echoes calls from green groups for 'robust carbon pricing' measures, as pressure grows for next government to bring forward UK coal power phase out date to 2022

RWE cites 'challenging' market conditions as it announces plan to close 1.5GW coal plant by end of March next year, taking UK coal power plant fleet down to four

National Grid's Electricity System Operator joins global alliance of governments, businesses, and organisations committed to quitting coal

Letter from investors and superannuation funds representing $34tr in assets under management write to world leaders calling for carbon price and coal phase out

Government confirms the UK has this afternoon set a new record for the most hours in a year when the grid operated without coal power

Renewables now make up 21.56 per cent of US generation capacity, compared to 21.55 per cent for coal, according to official figures