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U.K. ditches burning coal for power as part of sustainability

Name: U.K. ditches burning coal for power as part of sustainability
Uploaded: 2021-10-30T07:30:45-0400
Duration: 4 min 55 s
Description: Coal made up nearly a third of planet-warming carbon emissions in 2018, and critics say countries need to cast it aside at a much faster rate. But in the U.K., where coal was once king, its use has been plummeting. From Northern England, Roxana Saberi shows us how it's being done.

Coal made up nearly a third of planet-warming carbon emissions in 2018, and critics say countries need to cast it aside at a much faster rate. But in the U.K., where coal was once king, its use has been plummeting. From Northern England, Roxana Saberi shows us how it's being done.