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Coal is dying because it costs more, ruins climate | Jenny Rowland-Shea
UNITED STATES, AUG 8 – Coal plants generated only 15% of U.S. electricity in 2024 as 99% of coal facilities cost more to run than solar or wind, according to Energy Innovation Policy and Technology.
- Congress approved a taxpayer subsidy for coal mining that cut health care and clean energy funding, following an April executive order from President Donald Trump to extend coal plant life on federal lands.
- Amid cheaper alternatives, coal demand has been in steady decline in the United States since at least 2008, as a study from Energy Innovation Policy and Technology found.
- According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the median cost of new solar projects is $24 per megawatt-hour compared to $36 for existing coal plants, which generated only 15% of electricity in 2024.
- Amid policy shifts, consumers will face higher electricity bills, and coal mining and power production pose risks to public health, the environment and climate.
- Projections indicate the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis expects coal-fired capacity to continue its steady decline through the remainder of the decade.
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York News-TimesRising cost and climate change spell its demise
Coal has been on the way out for a decade now. The industry’s future was considered mainly dead and buried — until the Trump administration decided to dig it out of the grave.
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