Lessons From the Beginning of the End of America’s Coal Industry

Breaking Energy 2013-08-21

Summary:

Open Pit Coal Mines To Become Lake District Tourist Paradise

Only a few short years ago the U.S. coal industry enjoyed a mini-renaissance with several new large power plants brought on line in 2010 and 2011, which at the time firmly entrenched coal as the dominant source of electric generation in the U.S. Since then, coal’s share of the electric market has contracted sharply, and… Keep reading →

Tags: Climate Change, Coal, Department of Energy, Electricity, Electricity Markets, Emissions, Environmental Activism, Environmental Protection Agency, Fossil Fuels, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Gasification, Liquefaction, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Policy, Power Plants, Renewables, Unconventional Gas, Utilities

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policy nuclear utilities natural gas emissions renewables department of energy fossil fuels coal electricity environmental protection agency power plants generation unconventional gas electricity markets fukushima nuclear plant environmental activism gasification liquefaction

Authors:

Conway Irwin

Date tagged:

08/21/2013, 14:08

Date published:

08/21/2013, 14:00