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Cheaper natural gas, more renewables, and lower demand made coal less profitable. Regulations played only a small role—economics drove the closures and the big drop in emissions. Read more via @nytimes: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
Five Takeaways From Trump’s Plan to Rescue Coal
To help the struggling coal industry, President Trump used his executive authority to try to keep aging plants alive and burn more coal for electricity.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Cheaper natural gas, more renewables, and lower demand made coal less profitable. Regulations played only a small role—economics drove the closures and the big drop in emissions. Read more via @nytimes: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...
So helpful + great resource! Thanks to those who put this together and shared!
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So helpful + great resource! Thanks to those who put this together and shared!
Reposted by UMD Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
This one? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Economics Conferences (Compiled by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage)
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January 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This one? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...