An Alternative to Propping up Coal Power Plants: Retrain Workers for Solar

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By GuestAug 28, 2018, 7:00 am438 pts
Read time: 5 mins By Joshua M. Pearce, Michigan Technological University The Trump administration announced new pollution rules for coal-fired power plants designed to keep existing coal power plants operating more and save American coal mining jobs. Profitability for U.S. coal power plants has plummeted, and…

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