The coal age is over in the country that sparked the industrial revolution 200 years ago. In a matter of hours, the boilers at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station — each the height of a 12-story ...

Coal powered the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of the British Empire. At the height of its reliance on coal, in the 1950s, about 96% of the United Kingdom's electricity came from burning it.

The amount of mercury being transported through rivers all over the world has risen up to three-fold since the Industrial ...

The last operating coal power plant in Britain closed this week, ending more than 140 years of coal-fired electricity and proving that major economies can wean themselves off the dirtiest fossil ...

The AI revolution might end up being much more consequential than the industrial revolution, but there are parallels that one ...

Since the industrial revolution, iron and steelmaking plants have grown up close to coalfields. Steel mills in the Ruhr Valley, Silesia, and South Wales all developed around coal deposits. Ever-larger ...

Swift coal transition from country that started Industrial Revolution will be watched closely. In 2012, coal still supplied nearly 40% of the UK's electricity.

More than 150 years after pioneering the technology, the UK has shut its last coal-fired power station. Experts say it's a seminal moment for the energy transition.

The coal age is over in the country that sparked the industrial revolution 200 years ago. In a matter of hours, the boilers at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station — each the height of a 12-story ...