The dirtiest fossil fuel is on the back foot
Time to topple it for good
ESCALANTE, A coal-fired power station north of New Mexico’s Zuñi mountains, is designed to produce some 250MW of electricity. Since August, however, it has produced none. Nor will it ever do so again.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Crushing it”
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