Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Use of coal to generate power rises; greenhouse gas emissions next?

Power plants are burning coal more, relying less on natural gas, a report says. That may hurt Obama's effort to cut greenhouse gases.



WASHINGTON — Power plants in the United States are burning coal more often to generate electricity, reversing the growing use of natural gas and threatening to increase domestic emissions of greenhouse gases after a period of decline, according to a federal report.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/4Njt4h3eMlM/la-na-coal-electricity-20130711,0,2094971.story

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