The U.K. weaned itself off coal power. Climate experts hope it inspires others to speed up similar plans
The U.K's last coal-fired power station closed on Monday, but thousands of power stations operating on coal are still running around the globe and climate scientists say they need to be retired at a faster rate.
As the clock approached midnight on Monday, workers were invited to gather in the canteen at the coal-fired power plant in the English village of Ratcliffe-on-Soar to watch a live stream of the control room at the moment the generating units were tur... [5352 chars]
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