A Lifeline for a Coal Plant Gives Hope to a North Dakota Town. Others See It as a Boondoggle

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By Erica GoodeJul 17, 2021, 5:01 am253 pts
The politics and economics of the clean energy transition are playing out in a place desperate to retain fossil fuel jobs. By Dan Gearino In a town with fewer than 1,000 people, losing an employer tied to about 700 jobs is a kind of death, and that’s what Underwood, North Dakota, was facing until two weeks ago.

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