More bad news for coal. Trump needs to face the facts. We need to look to the future and re-train coal workers for jobs that will last.
There are only 20 coal plants in the American West without retirement dates. They’ve generated as much climate pollution as 15 million typical passenger cars.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 6, 2020
Do you have questions about the West's coal plants? Let us know in the story's comment section. https://t.co/7RPYlr1685
Chart: Since 2000, U.S. solar energy production has spiked, coal production has declined. https://t.co/t3Y4PNYEsv pic.twitter.com/6tvAJk9L1J
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 15, 2020
Wind and solar are already cheaper! Goodbye to coal. Thank you for getting us here but something better is taking your place. https://t.co/IKW4vN7Fql
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) March 25, 2019
One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the US West is expected to close this year after a Navajo Nation company ended its bid to acquire it. https://t.co/35u8VtfCxq
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) March 22, 2019
Solar, wind on track to phase out coal as cheaper energy alternatives: analysis https://t.co/5USsowCUj7 pic.twitter.com/3OJ12nrdSl
— The Hill (@thehill) March 25, 2019
Most of America's coal plants are more expensive to run than wind and solar https://t.co/6KjWK373fm pic.twitter.com/7DCxhNP8iS
— CNN International (@cnni) March 25, 2019
It's cheaper to tear down three-quarters of American coal plants and replace them with renewables than to let them continue operating https://t.co/VcqIPVS68S
— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) March 25, 2019
Coal ash waste from an old power plant may be putting Memphis's drinking water supply at risk. A new report finds hundreds of coal ash sites have been contaminating U.S. groundwater with toxics like arsenic. https://t.co/C8ZQsHixTO pic.twitter.com/Xf6jaapQfP
— InsideClimate News (@insideclimate) March 23, 2019
This is the evidence why the coal is toxic to scarce water we rely on. #WaterDay Alternatives are already here, renewables. https://t.co/qIAw1qvCpX
— Yan Wang (@YanWang82488122) March 23, 2019
Last operating coal plant in Massachusetts – and largest in New England – is now gone. https://t.co/l8cWUpRX23
— Ben Storrow (@bstorrow) March 25, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-coal-retraining-insight-idUSKBN1D14G0
“There will be industries, sectors and firms that do very well during this process because they will be part of the solution,"
— Paul Dawson (@PaulEDawson) January 15, 2020
“Companies that don’t adapt will go bankrupt without question.”
US coal companies have already lost 90% of their value https://t.co/GHIZDalOew
Sad! 