It’s very rare to hear of any positive world-leading policy from round here these days, but the UK’s now the first country to bin off coal power in favour of renewables. And they did it when they said they would too!

I’m not one for feelings of national pride at all. But for all the shit over the last decade, it’s good to see something nice for once.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/30/end-of-an-era-as-britains-last-coal-fired-power-plant-shuts-down