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 The UK Has No Coal-Fired Power Plants for the First Time in 142 Years

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With Monday's closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, coal is no longer being used to provide electricity in the UK.

https://www.wired.com/story/uk-no-coal-fired-power-plants-first-time-in-142-years/