Why US utilities must cut carbon emissions faster — and how data can help get it done [canarymedia.com]
By Jeff St. John, Canary Media, April 27, 2021 A growing body of data indicates that 2030, not 2050, is the deadline for U.S. utilities to close all coal-fired power plants and that the time to stop building new natural-gas-fired power plants is now. On Tuesday, nonprofit research organization RMI released a report underscoring this growing consensus and upping the ante on driving down U.S. carbon emissions even faster than the Biden administration’s aggressive new target would require. And...