"First coal-free day in Britain since the Industrial Revolution"

[ONW]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39675418#

"In a world where even China has managed to reduce its coal use three years in a row, nothing is going to bring Appalachian mines “roaring back to life.”"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox...ore_impossible_economic_promises_tonight.html


"Renewables are gathering pace, with more jobs in solar energy than in coal mining, writes Sky's Amanda Walker."

http://news.sky.com/story/can-presi...ection-promises-on-the-coal-industry-10843734


As the rest of the world starts lapping us, the US is wasting time, energy, and money on turning "dirty" coal production into "clean" coal production. Coal that, apparently, no one is going to buy anyway.

 

[WakeandBake]

Lol

 

[RJKarl]

You forget that the most important thing to Trump RE: coal is:

 

[WakeandBake]

Don't lecture us with your elitist European socialist fancy statistics that probably aren't even true. The midesterners have spoken, and they rejected the candidate who insulted them with coastal elitism and snobbery.

 

[ONW]

In your face Kenya!

https://cleantechnica.com/2016/02/04/how-11-countries-are-leading-the-shift-to-renewable-energy/