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Renewables generated more electricity than coal for the first time in US history

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Quartz May 2, 2019

Coal began firing US homes and factories in the 1880s. A century later, the cheap, plentiful fuel was America’s primary one (pdf) for electricity generation. But its long reign is slowly coming to an end.

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