Trump Can’t Save Coal: More Plants Closed Already in 2018 Than in Obama’s Entire First Term

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By info@greentechmedia.comFeb 19, 2018, 12:58 pm123 pts
Last week the Sierra Club announced the latest U.S. coal plant to close: FirstEnergy’s Pleasant Power Station in West Virginia. It’s number 268 in a long line of U.S. coal plants shut down since 2010, and among several to suspend operations this month. The environmental organization lauded the closure as…

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