Michael Bloomberg unveils $500 million initiative to help shutter the nation’s coal-fired plants

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By Nick VisserJun 7, 2019, 5:57 pm185 pts
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will donate $500 million to fund a new initiative to shut down every remaining coal-fired power plant in America by 2030, a high-powered effort to counter the…

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