An American Energy Plan Straight from Coal Country

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Date

Dec. 8, 2017

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

The Washington Post

"The Perry plan would also delay the retirement of about 25 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity and 20 gigawatts of nuclear capacity, according to a study by Resources for the Future. Over 25 years, the emissions from those coal plants would cause 27,000 premature deaths, the study said."

Topics

Electric Power

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