Closing UK unabated coal: Coal-fired generation should end by the close of 2020

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Ben Caldecott of the Smith School argues the maths are clear, unabated coal power plants must be shuttered within six years

The recently announced cross-party agreement to end the use of unabated coal in the UK is a significant development, and one full of symbolism. The first industrialised country has become the first major...

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