Good News: US Coal Usage is Falling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining_in_the_United_States
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=48696
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mining_in_the_United_States

Exports First Exceeded 10% of Production in 2012

https://www.eia.gov/coal/annual/pdf/acr.pdf
https://www.eia.gov/coal/annual/
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=38172
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=37692
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=43895

Coal Accounts for 20% of Electricity Generation

https://www.csis.org/analysis/phasing-out-coal-us-electricity-increasingly-regional-challenge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coal-fired_power_stations_in_the_United_States

30% of Coal-Fired Power Plants Closed 2010-19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coal-fired_power_stations_in_the_United_States

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50658

Up to Two-thirds of 240 Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants to Close by 2028

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-coal-fired-power-plants-scheduled-shut-2021-10-28/

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50658

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/coal-fired-power-plants-close-wastewater-rule-81328300

https://www.newsweek.com/26-coal-fired-power-plants-14-states-plan-stop-burning-coal-due-new-rule-1652009

Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants are Concentrated in a Dozen States

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/of96-092/Comp/main.gif
https://www.csis.org/analysis/phasing-out-coal-us-electricity-increasingly-regional-challenge

Coal Production and Consumption Temporarily Rebounded in 2021 as the Economy Recovered from the Pandemic and the Cost of Natural Gas Increased

https://www.iea.org/news/coal-power-s-sharp-rebound-is-taking-it-to-a-new-record-in-2021-threatening-net-zero-goals

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/business/coal-power-climate-crisis/index.html

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