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Waning coal drops US energy-related carbon emissions to 18-year low

Frik Els | April 08, 2013 | 9:47 pm Energy Coal 

With coal-fired power plants being retired by the dozens energy-related carbon emissions in the US dropped to its lowest level since 1994, according to the Energy Information Administration. The EIA puts energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2012 at  5.3 billion...

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