Coal boosters like to tout coal as cheap and plentiful - well, not anymore. At least not in China.
Jeff GoodellCompared to coal, which generates almost half the electricity in the United States, natural gas is indeed a cleaner, less polluting fuel. But compared to, say, solar, it's filthy. And of course there is nothing renewable about natural gas.
Jeff GoodellNowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.
Jeff GoodellIn the Arctic, things are already getting freaky. Temperatures have warmed three times faster than the global average.
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