NEW YORK (AP) - America is shoveling coal to the sidelines. The fuel that powered the U.S. from the industrial revolution into the iPhone era is being pushed aside as...
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US coal use falling fast; utilities switch to gas
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Lisa Jackson says coal's problem is economics, not politics
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