South Korea Halting Operations At 8 Old Coal-Fired Power Plants In Bid To Reduce Air Pollution

While some political partisans may like to argue that the decline of coal-fired power plants seen over recent times in the US has been the result of cronyism in support of the renewables industry, the fact is that coal-fired power plants simply can’t compete with renewable or gas-fired ones. Also important, particularly with this story, is that coal-fired power plants are responsible for a significant portion of total air pollution in many regions

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