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Britain Goes Full 24 Hours Without Burning Coal for Electricity

HeadlineApr 24, 2017

British environmental activists celebrated a victory when Friday became the first full day since the late 1800s that Britain did not burn any coal in order to generate electricity. Hannah Martin with Greenpeace said, “The first day without coal in Britain since the Industrial Revolution marks a watershed in the energy transition.”

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