Earlier in the week I wrote how Australian coal miners are getting behind renewables, aiming to get ahead of a transition they see as all but inevitable. They may have had an eye on their neighbors, because New Zealand is about to eliminate coal.

Completely.

Not content with granting the rights of personhood to rivers, or having its cities divest from fossil fuels, New Zealand is building on its already impressive green energy record by breaking up with coal power once and for all. As reported by The Hill, New Zealand has announced that it will close its last 2 remaining coal power plants in 2018 as it moves toward a goal of 90% renewable energy by 2025.