King Coal’s Fading Grip

Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy 2013-04-10

Summary:

According to a new study from Duke, coal may be on the way out. as “[l]ow natural gas prices and stricter, federal emission regulations are promoting a shift away from coal power plants and toward natural gas plants as the lowest-cost means of generating electricity in the United States.” The authors estimate that “the economic [...]

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natural gas pollution regulatory policy coal air quality air pollution

Authors:

Dan Farber

Date tagged:

04/10/2013, 16:12

Date published:

04/10/2013, 08:17