Britain's last Coal plant shut down

Britain shut down its last coal-burning power station, becoming the first among the world’s major industrialized economies to wean itself off coal. The move is all the more symbolic because the nation was the first to burn tremendous amounts during the Industrial Revolution, launching a global addiction to coal. The British government aims to generate all its electricity from sources other than fossil fuels by 2030. Oil and gas account for the majority of the country’s power supply, though renewables make up 40 percent of its electricity generation.