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Los Angeles Halts Using Electricity From Coal Plants
2013-03-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Los Angeles will become the biggest U.S. city to abandon coal-fueled electricity after the taxpayer- owned utility said it will support renewable sources, boost energy efficiency and build a new natural-gas fired plant. The citys Department of Water and Power, the nations largest municipal-owned utility, will phase out the electricity it imports from the Navajo Generating Station in Arizona and Intermountain Power in Utah, according to a statement yesterday. The two coal plants provide 39 percent...
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