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As natural gas creeps in, king coal's reign fades

2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: NEAL CONAN, HOST: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. In many parts of the country, coal has been king for many years, but that's changing. Ten years ago, coal fired half the U.S. electrical power plants. Now that's about a third and dropping. As coal companies switch to cheaper and cleaner natural gas, some coal companies in the east are closing mines and laying off workers. It's a different story out west, with a different customer. We ship massive amounts of Western...

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