silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoElectricity From Coal Is Pricey. Should Consumers Have to Pay? Environmental groups are making a new economic argument against coal, the heaviest polluting fossil fuel. Some regulators are listening.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkElectricity From Coal Is Pricey. Should Consumers Have to Pay? Environmental groups are making a new economic argument against coal, the heaviest polluting fossil fuel. Some regulators are listening.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
This economic argument has been a key part of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign since around 2010.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·3 months ago Some regulators are listening. Doubt.
minus-squarespidermanchild@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoFFS there are absolutely regulators that are pushing against coal, several being mentioned in the article specifically and including the EPA itself. Being skeptical is one thing, but just ignoring the entire article isn’t remotely productive.
minus-squaremynachmadarch@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·3 months agoI don’t doubt it. They might be laughing and ignoring what they’re listening to as they count their next set of bribes, but their listening.
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoA lot of industries use electricity. They want cheaper prices.
Doubt.
FFS there are absolutely regulators that are pushing against coal, several being mentioned in the article specifically and including the EPA itself. Being skeptical is one thing, but just ignoring the entire article isn’t remotely productive.
I don’t doubt it. They might be laughing and ignoring what they’re listening to as they count their next set of bribes, but their listening.
A lot of industries use electricity. They want cheaper prices.