From peak to plummet in 15 years: Coal continues its precipitous decline

Grist
By Max GrahamApr 4, 2023, 10:30 am138 pts
Not long ago, coal was booming in the United States. The country’s power generators used more of that fuel in 2007 than ever before — a little over 1 billion tons. Four years later, the generating capacity of the nation’s coal-fired power plants peaked at 318 gigawatts, enough electricity for 238 million…

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