Post date: Apr 24, 2017 4:38:06 PM

Britain powered 24 hours without coal for first time in 135 years in 'watershed moment'

British environmental activists celebrated a victory when Friday became the first full day since the late 1800s that Britain did not burn any coal in order to generate electricity. Hannah Martin with Greenpeace said, "The first day without coal in Britain since the Industrial Revolution marks a watershed in the energy transition."