Plans for 150 US Coal Plants Have Been Scrapped Since 2001

Photo: Telefunker Purdue University has just announced that it’s scuttling plans to build a coal plant to provide power to its campus in Indiana. That closure, the Sierra Club tells Reuters, marks something of a happy milestone: It’s the 150th coal plant to be abandoned in less than a decade. So what’s spurred the spree of ditching coal? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Plans for 150 US Coal Plants Have Been Scrapped Since 2001

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