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Natural gas is better than coal: today's natural gas power plants are much more efficient than coal plants. Natural gas electricity is cheaper than coal electricity, and emissions are lower. Because many utilities have transitioned toward lower cost natural gas power, US greenhouse gas emissions have fallen.
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Why is it important?
Some want to keep coal plants from shutting down. They are more expensive than natural gas power plants, and they have more emissions. Most utilities are choosing lower cost options.
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This page is a summary of: How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled, November 2025, The Conversation,
DOI: 10.64628/aai.ghqvwshgd.
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