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Powering Past Coal Alliance

Zero coal fortnight: UK smashes records to deliver fourteen days without coal power

Energy

Zero coal fortnight: UK smashes records to deliver fourteen days without coal power

UK grid runs for 14 days with no coal-fired generation, the longest stretch since the Industrial Revolution

clock 31 May 2019 •
Still no coal! Britain edges towards coal-free fortnight

Energy

Still no coal! Britain edges towards coal-free fortnight

Britain has now gone 12 days and 19 hours without using any coal-fired electricity

clock 30 May 2019 •
Record streak continues: Britain closes in on 12 days straight without coal

Energy

Record streak continues: Britain closes in on 12 days straight without coal

At more than 280 hours and counting, could the UK see its first entire fortnight without coal power by the end of the week?

clock 29 May 2019 •
10 days and counting: Britain smashes yet another coal free power record

Energy

10 days and counting: Britain smashes yet another coal free power record

UK has clocked up almost 11 days of coal-free power generation, while gas power has also been running at low levels

clock 28 May 2019 •
'New normal': UK grid poised for first coal-free week since Industrial Revolution

Infrastructure

'New normal': UK grid poised for first coal-free week since Industrial Revolution

Grid operator confirms no coal plants scheduled to come online before 2pm this afternoon, meaning UK is set to complete a week without coal power

clock 08 May 2019 •
How the UK chalked up 1,000-hours without coal power

Infrastructure

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

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?

clock 07 May 2019 •
UK smashes coal-free power record

Infrastructure

UK smashes coal-free power record

Government confirms electricity grid clocked up 650 hours of coal-free generation during the first quarter of the year - more than was achieved during the whole of 2017

clock 12 April 2019 •
Ryanair becomes first airline to enter top 10 ranking of EU carbon polluters

Aviation

Ryanair becomes first airline to enter top 10 ranking of EU carbon polluters

As coal use drops off, aviation is coming to the fore as bloc's biggest emitter

clock 02 April 2019 •
Britain has its first new deep coal mine in decades - a result of pretending climate change isn't political

Energy

Britain has its first new deep coal mine in decades - a result of pretending climate change isn't political

Rebecca Willis argues the controversial decision to approve a new coal mine in the UK is symptomatic of a wider political failure

clock 22 March 2019 •
'It wasn't an easy decision': Cumbria council unanimously approves new coal mine

Policy

'It wasn't an easy decision': Cumbria council unanimously approves new coal mine

County council claims potential for new jobs in the short term 'outweighed concerns about climate change and local amenity'

clock 19 March 2019 •
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