In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.

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Author
Brad Plumer
Year
2020
Published in
The New York Times

The coronavirus has pushed the coal industry to once-unthinkable lows, and the consequences for climate change are big.

WASHINGTON — The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record, new government projections show, a transformation partly driven by the coronavirus pandemic, with profound implications in the fight against climate change.

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