UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666.

That's seriously impressive. If everyone did this the future would definitely look a bit brighter.

The latest 14MtCO2e (3.6%) reduction takes UK emissions down to 371MtCO2e, according to Carbon Brief’s new analysis.

This is the lowest since 1872 and on par with 1926, when there was a general strike, as shown in the figure below. In 1872, Queen Victoria was on the throne and Wanderers beat Royal Engineers in the first-ever FA Cup final, held at Kennington Oval in south London.

It's great progress and looks like we'll keep dropping hard for quite a while. Getting down to pre-Industrial Revolution levels will be key.

Yay. It's not often you hear good news.