Coal sees diminished role in US presidential race with odds slim for new plants
Source: Justin Merriman/Getty Images News via Getty Images While coal has taken a backseat to other fossil fuels in the 2020 presidential campaign, the first debate raised a big question: Will another coal plant ever be built in the United States? "Nobody's going to build another coal-fired power plant in America," Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said during the first debate Sept. 29. "They're going to move to renewable energy." President Donald Trump, who has eased off mentions of a coal sector he promised to put back to work in 2016, did not directly rebuke Biden's statement at ...
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