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Graph showing US electricity generation by fuel type: coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewables. Coal is by far the largest in 2010, but declines steadily and in 2023 dipped below nuclear to become the lowest. Natural gas has been rising, and is now the leader. Renewables have also been rising, but at a slower pace.

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Graph showing US electricity generation by fuel type: coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewables. Coal is by far the largest in 2010, but declines steadily and in 2023 dipped below nuclear to become the lowest. Natural gas has been rising, and is now the leader. Renewables have also been rising, but at a slower pace.
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Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 01:09:07 JST Paul Cantrell

I appreciate news orgs doing this sort of “here’s the big picture” reporting:
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14032024/inside-clean-energy-coal-power-decline/
This isn’t breaking news. This is seeing the forest instead of running through the woods and smacking into one tree at a time.

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