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How COVID-19 has helped Britain to stop using electricity from coal power stations

A view of the slopes of the Banks Group Shotton open cast mine in Northumberland, Britain, November 11, 2016. Picture taken November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Barbara Lewis - RC1621F44E30

June 8th 2020 marked two months since the Britain has generated any electricity using coal. Image: REUTERS/Barbara Lewis

Susanna Twidale
Journalist, Reuters
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