UK coal-powered electricity projected to fall by record amount

Data points to unprecedented decline of two-thirds this year due to doubling of carbon tax and low gas priceThe amount of electricity generated from UK coal power stations is on track to fall by two-thirds this year, a decline which analysts said was so steep and fast it was unprecedented globally.Climate change thinktank Sandbag said the drop was due to a doubling in the price of a carbon tax and the lower price of gas. The group has written to the chancellor, Philip Hammond, urging him not to