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: www.carbonbrief.org/...
#Coal in the UK is dead (but not yet buried). #Nuclear dominates all investments and yet cannot deliver to meet the growing demands. #Hydro & #BioFuels are killing the #ecology and #Renewables continue to be stymied by #CarbonGrifters while costs to #ratepayers skyrocket. This is the definition of a #ClusterFuck with no resolution in sight. #UKEnergy. @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Global coal consumption, 2000-2026 – Charts – Data & Statistics - IEA

Global coal consumption, 2000-2026 - Chart and data by the International Energy Agency.

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@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org what we can also see is that strikes were some of the most impactful climate actions of the last 400 yrs