Coal Will Survive as Efficient Power Plants Boost Demand
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President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions left coal with a future even as the industry accuses him of trying to make the fuel obsolete.
The proposal, released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency, calls for reductions in carbon dioxide pollutants of 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels to stem climate change. Coal still will be used to generate 30 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030 compared with 39 percent in 2013, according to the EPA.