The abdication of king coal

摘要

You need to delve back before the Romans to trace the emergence of the use of coal in Britain. But the British Isles' still abundant fossil fuel, which powered an industrial revolution, overseas empire and more recently a nation's energy needs, is set to become a footnote of history within a decade. Prime Minister Theresa May's government confirmed in November that it would deliver on energy policy plans put forward by the previous Conservative government and shut down the last of the nation's eight remaining coal-fired power stations by 2025.