Natural Gas Moves to the Naughty List
Coal miners warn: Green groups are coming for you next.
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Think coal’s got it bad in the fight against climate change? Watch what happens to natural gas.
Power plants around the world are stepping up their use of gas as a fuel because it burns cleaner than coal—and in the U.S., at least, it’s cheaper. Gas now supplies about a third of the country’s power, up from just 17 percent a decade ago.