The UK is about to close its last coal-fired power station

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It will become the first G7 country to ditch coal altogether. As recently as 1990, coal generated 80% of the UK’s electricity by last year, however, that had dwindled to 1%. Fossil fuels now generate 33% of the UK’s electricity with gas accounting for 31%