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The UK quit coal. But is burning Louisiana’s trees any better?

Kathleen Watts’ flowers bloom much brighter now that the wind no longer blows black. Pulling weeds in the garden outside her ...
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Britain’s last coal-fired electricity plant is closing, ending 142 years of coal power in the UK

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution. The Ratcliffe-on-Soar ...

Striking workers speak from picket line at the National Coal Mining Museum for England:

Two workers employed as underground guides at the museum gave interviews. Both had formerly worked as miners at the UK’s last ...