ThinkProgress: After some 115 years, Scotland has burned its last lump of coal for electricity.
The Longannet power station, the last and largest coal-fired power plant in Scotland, ceased operations Thursday. What once was the largest coal plant in Europe shut down after 46 years before the eyes of workers and journalists, who gathered in the main control room.
"Ok, here we go," said one worker moments before pressing a bright red button that stopped the coal-fired turbines that generated electricity for...