Let the Market Determine Energy Sources’ Futures

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Date

Jan. 29, 2018

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Caller Times

"This favoritism is also environmentally costly. D.C.-based nonprofit Resources for the Future estimates that Perry’s coal subsidies would cost $263 billion over 25 years. Most of this is made up of the environmental costs created by subsidizing coal, perhaps the dirtiest electricity generation source available."

Topics

Electric Power

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