By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Britain wants to close all of its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and lower their output from 2023, the government said on Wednesday, making it the first major economy to put a date on shutting down polluting coal plants to curb carbon emissions. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Changel, Amber Rudd, will set out further details in a speech later on Wednesday that will seek to encourage the building of new gas and nuclear power plants instead. Coal-fired power...
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