Could coal shut-down mark new era for energy?
What difference will closure of the UK鈥檚 last coal-fired power station make 鈥� and could it mark a new dawn for clean energy?
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the end of coal in the UK for electricity.鈥�
The UK鈥檚 last coal-fired power station has closed, ending Britain's 142-year reliance on coal.
But what difference will the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar make 鈥� and could it mark a new dawn for clean energy?
After 20 years of research into microplastics and headline upon headline on their potential harms, how much do we really know about these tiny particles?
Also this week, Marnie turns lab rat for a navigation experiment, and why are we all so obsessed with Moo Deng?
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