The UK’s last coal plant closes and becomes the first major economy to exit the energy source it started
A Greener Life
OCTOBER 11, 2024
By Anders Lorenzen When the Industrial Revolution emerged in the UK in the 1800s, coal was the driving force, and it became the first country to power its emerging industries on coal. The smoke and air pollution, the Great Smog, killed thousands of people over the years with respiratory illnesses.
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