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Oregon becomes first US state to ban coal-fired power

Andrew Topf | March 06, 2016 | 2:53 pm Energy Coal 

Citizens of Oregon will no longer derive their energy from coal, putting the environmentally-conscious state at the front of the line of U.S. jurisdictions that are turning their backs on the widely-derided fossil fuel. The Clean Energy and Coal Transition Act commits to...

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