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"[C]limate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax."

"I believe in climate change caused by human beings. What I'm skeptical about is the glib notion that it means the end of the world as we know it."

"The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging."

"There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change."

"The time for seeking global solutions [to climate change] is running out."

"The climate crisis is the existential threat. That's not hyperbole; it's a fact."

"[W]e are killing our planet."

Climate change is "above all, an existential crisis."

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges mankind faces."

"If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon."

"Humanity is on thin ice — and that ice is melting fast."

"We haven't yet exceeded the bounds of viable human civilisation, but we're getting close."

Is Climate Change an Existential Threat?

The UK will close its last coal-fired power plant on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity that goes back to the time of the Industrial Revolution.

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By shuttering the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in the East Midlands, in operation since 1967, it culminates a nearly decade-long process to shift away from coal — considered the worst fossil fuel in terms of emissions.

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In doing so, the UK becomes the first G7 nation to phase out use of the energy source — although it was pipped to the mark by other European nations including Sweden and Belgium.

Independent

By contrast, France aims to move away from coal by 2027 while Canada has set itself a deadline of 2030. Germany, meanwhile, is not expected to do so until 2038.

Uniper, the energy firm that owns Ratcliffe-on-Soar, said that the plant's staff of 125 people would continue to be employed as the site undergoes a two-year decomissioning process.

Previously, the firm also said it plans to convert the site into a producer of hydrogen via electrolysis — the process of splitting water particles — adding that it aimed to reach a capacity of 500 megawatts by the end of the decade.

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UK Closes Last Coal-Fired Power Plant

UK Closes Last Coal-Fired Power Plant

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