Question

Why are coal plants closing?

Answer 1

Answer:

due to the fact that buring coal causes alot of air pollution and that coal is limited in supply making it a non-renewable source of energy.

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Answer 2

Answer:

(Reuters)-U.S coal fired power plants shut down at the second-fastest pace on record in 2019 despite president Donald Trump’s effort to prop up the industry,accordiing to data from the federal government and Thomson Reuters .

Power companies retired or converted roughly 15,100 megawatts (MW) of coal fired electricity generation enough to power about 15 million homes,according to the data,which included preliminary statistices from the energy information Administration and Reuters reporting