"Britain records first coal-free week since the Victorian era, thanks to gas, nuclear power and renewables"
(Admittedly, that was 56.7% natural gas, so not nearly as renewable as I'd like...)
Not strictly true. Right now we're importing just over 4% of our energy needs with 2.7% of that coming from the nuclear power loving French.
On the other hand burning "beautiful, clean coal" only yields CO2 and a bit of SO2.
Natural gas, being mostly methane, has the highest proportion of hydrogen of any fossil fuel, but it still emits at least 50% of the CO2 of coal for the same energy production:
A quick google suggests that both these assumptions are correct, so it still seems like a big improvement per KwH versus coal.