Burning coal for electricity continues its steep slide into history.

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By Nathanael JohnsonMar 21, 2017, 4:29 pm146 pts
An electric company in Ohio said yesterday that it would close two coal-fired plants that generate 3,000 megawatts of power. Last week, another company in New Mexico released an economic analysis that suggests it could shut shutter an 1,800 megawatt plant in 5 years. It’s an encouraging trend in an…

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