Baroness Bryony Worthington

Miners leave after working the final shift at Kellingley Colliery

Britain built an empire out of coal. Now it’s giving it up. Why can’t the US?

Environment

The UK will stop burning coal for electricity by 2025. The US, meanwhile, is trying to end the “war on coal.”

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