Rebecca HeberleinMar 5
Simon Evans

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet.

All the details in our article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-2-4-in-2025-as-coal-hits-400-year-low/

Mar 5 at 6:05pmWeb
Show threadnotsoloudMar 5
@drsimevans
#Alt4You chart of UK coal use going up around 1850 and then down again today
Show threadAriaflameMar 6
@drsimevans Well it's only used for industrial uses (steel making etc) now, not power plants in the UK.
Show threadWenMar 6

@drsimevans Dare I suggest it isn’t very much. A tiny population, little ‘heavy industry’, primitive mining… I’m surprised we were burning more until after the 1780s. But then coal as a fossil fuel has diminished while gas and petroleum which were not available then have increased.

Not that is

Show threadEFMar 7
@drsimevans we should still be mining coal in the UK to support heritage uses rather than shipping poor quality stuff half way around the world. Good not used for energy production (although gas and Drax are far from clean).