Health campaigners welcome government plan to phase out coal power

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change has welcomed the government’s plan to phase out coal power by 2025.

A consultation document published on 9 November1 outlined how the government plans to fulfil its 2015 pledge2 to replace coal power with cleaner technology, such as gas, in a bid to reduce significantly emissions from the UK’s energy use.

The consultation—published by the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy—set out a roadmap for closing unabated coal power stations by 2025. It also suggested …