This State Is The Coal Capital Of America

By Douglas McIntyre  •  October 21, 2025

Coal was on its way out, before the Trump Administration decided to help increase output to to lack of fuel sources for electricity. Two decades, there we 600 coal plants and coal generated 50% of US electricity. Today, there are only about 200 plants which generate about 15%. One thing has not changed. Wyoming is the coal capital of America. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of Climatecrisis247 discusses.

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