A local authority…approved plans to build Britain's first coal-fired power station in 24 years, sparking criticism from environmental campaigners…Greenpeace slammed the decision…to let energy giant E.ON replace existing coal-fired units at Kingsnorth power station with two new cleaner coal units. E.ON said the new units would…cut carbon emissions by almost two million tons a year compared to existing coal-fired power stations…"A new generation of coal-fired power stations in the UK beginning with Kingsnorth would quite simply end any hope we have that Britain can meet its long-term climate change targets," [said] Greenpeace official Ben Stuart...The environmental group warned that the units would create a highly carbon-intensive and inefficient form of energy generation...