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Natural Gas Dethrones King Coal As Power Companies Look To Future

2013-03-01 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The way Americans get their electricity is changing. Coal is in decline. Natural gas is bursting out of the ground in record amounts. And the use of wind and solar energy is growing fast. All this is happening as power companies are trying to choose which kind of energy to bet on for the next several decades. Until recently, half of these plants burned coal to make electricity. Now, that's down to about one-third. Since 2010, about 150 coal plants either have been retired or it's been announced...

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