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Utilities announce coal plant closures in response to EPA regulations

NewsBlaze | August 09, 2011 | 11:00 am Energy Europe Coal 

Electric utilities have announced the closure of dozens of coal-fired power plants, totaling thousands of megawatts (MW) of capacity in response to two recent power-plant emissions regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Washington, D.C.)

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