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  • February 2020
    U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue to Retire

    In 2010, coal-generated 45 percent of the nation’s electricity with 317 gigawatts of coal-fired generating capacity—30 percent of the generating fleet. Last...

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  • February 2020
    Germany Will Pay Its Utilities to Phase...

    Germany will pay utility companies billions of euros to speed up the shutdown of their coal-fired power plants as part of the...

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  • September 2019
    U.S. Closes Coal Plants as the Developing...

    U.S. coal plants are closing due to low natural gas prices, state mandates, and federal subsidies for renewable energy, mainly solar power...

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  • August 2019
    Asian Countries Are Growing Their Economies With...

    As the United States is reducing its coal-fired electricity, Asian countries are increasing their generation from coal. In 2018, the United States...

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  • August 2019
    Ohio’s New Energy Bill

    Lawmakers in Ohio have chosen to rescue two existing nuclear plants and two existing coal plants in lieu of mandates on renewable...

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  • July 2019
    Plugged In Podcast #29: Kenny Stein on...

    Kenny Stein, IER's Policy Director, joins the show to discuss the recent Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule from the Trump administration's EPA...

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