epa-coal-water-pollution-climate

My comment: "The Biden administration proposes a strengthened rule on toxic metals released by coal plants, making it more expensive for them to operate. The EPA is establishing new rules for coal and natural gas power plants that are onerous enough that the plants can not meet the new regulations. Results - They will have to close. Coal and natural gas power plants drive approximately 60% of our power.

Then there’s the question of what to do with the sites of shuttered plants. Utilities across the country have discussed replacing coal plants with gas-powered plants, which has been criticized by activists who urge an end to fossil fuel use, while other plants have become college athletic facilities, restaurants, and cannabis growing sites, according to Bloomberg.

Woodard, a Democrat helped negotiate the Colorado recently enacted clean energy law. Renewable energy, not coal, is the future, he added. “We’re all going to be in the rowboat together and it would be great if we were rowing in the same direction.”

When the coal-fired power plant just outside the tiny town of Nucla, Colorado, closed in 2019, it was a disaster.

It begs the question, where will the energy be generated to power homes in those areas and all the EV cars and trucks?"

@Lt Col Charlie Brown