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New York Times, 10/5/2020
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And how has the coal industry fared under Trump?
- 145 coal-burning units at 75 power plants idled, additional
- 73 power plants announced plans to close additional coal-burning units with 10 years
- estimated 20% of power generated in U.S. in 2020 is from coal, compared to 31% in 2017.
- coal production dropped by 775 million tons in 2017 to an estimated 511 tons in 2020
- 5,300 coal mining jobs (10%) eliminated since 2017
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