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5% of US coal fleet retired last year
Treehugger
Things are not looking up for Big Coal. I already reported in November that 2018 was shaping up to be the second highest year for coal plant ...
Renewables overtake coal in Germany
Newshub
Renewables overtook coal as Germany's main source of energy for the first time last year, accounting for just over 40 percent of electricity production.
Man dies at TransAlta coal mine pond
KOMO News
The Lewis County Sheriff's Office says Brown was working on a 72-foot (22-meter) barge used to dredge a pond to reclaim coal. Shortly before 8 p.m., ...
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