Coal Power’s Steady Decline
October 18, 2019
Citing economic and environmental reasons, the utility owners of a large coal-fired power plant in Arizona are shutting it down, largely with the support of the region’s Native American tribes that are now working to help local residents cope with emerging challenges. Nothing new here. The same forces have driven the nation’s century-long move away from coal as an energy source, as a longtime science and policy consultant recently detailed in Issues, debunking the claim by conservatives that some sort of political “war on coal” has been a key factor.