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Ed Markey: Over the last 5 years, unfortunately, coal has dropped from 51 percent down to 35 percent of all electrical generation…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2013
Over the last 5 years, unfortunately, coal has dropped from 51 percent down to 35 percent of all electrical generation in the country, and what has gone up? Natural gas.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the decline of coal and the rise of natural gas in energy generation.

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