Sierra Club seeks to permanently phase
out coal from our nation's energy portfolio by 2030, even though coal powers nearly 40 % of America's electricity, and its diminished use would result in a dangerous overreliance on natural gas, which is a «just - in - time» source, piped in when needed, and intermittent energy sources like renewables,» said Laura Sheehan, spokeswoman for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electric
coal from our nation's energy
portfolio by 2030, even though
coal powers nearly 40 % of America's electricity, and its diminished use would result in a dangerous overreliance on natural gas, which is a «just - in - time» source, piped in when needed, and intermittent energy sources like renewables,» said Laura Sheehan, spokeswoman for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electric
coal powers nearly 40 %
of America's electricity, and its diminished use would result in a dangerous overreliance on natural gas, which is a «just - in - time» source, piped in when needed, and intermittent energy sources like renewables,» said Laura Sheehan, spokeswoman for the American Coalition for Clean
Coal Electric
Coal Electricity.
Hal Quinn, president and chief executive
of the National Mining Association, said the new standard «effectively bans
coal from America's power
portfolio, leaving new power plants equipped with even the most efficient and environmentally advanced technologies
out in the cold.»