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The ‘Win-Win-Win’ Strategy To Retire Coal

A Matter of Degrees

CHAPTER

We've Got to Move Away From Coal

A decade ago, utilities decided to sink another several hundred million dollars into any given coal plant rather than shutting it down. They still have debt on those plants and need revenue from their customers. So they're keeping these much dirtier and much more expensive coal plants open because it makes financial sense for them,. And it doesn't make sense for the planet either.

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