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greenman3610

(3,947 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2020, 05:04 PM Aug 2020

I've been following the anti-clean energy astro-turf campaign
for some time. Here's a look at one of the players and his tactics.

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"A False Narrative": Inside the Coal Industry's desperate Anti-Clean Energy Machine (Original Post) greenman3610 Aug 2020 OP

Coal - dead fuel walking . . . hatrack Aug 2020 #2

(33,643 posts)

1. What's funny is it's biggest enemy in the marketplace by far is natural gas ...

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 05:25 PM

Aug 2020

Which isn't all THAT clean. CleanER, sure, but it ain't great.

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2. Coal - dead fuel walking . . .

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 07:31 PM

Aug 2020

In1989, coal generated 53.3 percent of US electricity.

In 2019, it generated 23.5%.