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Coal has fallen in New England
Mar 27, 2024 at 9:48pmWeb
Show thread@nathanpbostonMar 27, 2024
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/27/metro/new-englands-last-coal-plants-to-close-in-new-hampshire/
New England’s last coal plants to close. Both are in New Hampshire.

The president and CEO of Granite Shore Power said Schiller Station in Portsmouth, N.H., will voluntarily stop operating in June 2025, and Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H., will stop in June 2028.

The Boston Globe
Show thread@nathanpbostonMar 28, 2024
#NoCoalNoGas press release:
https://www.nocoalnogas.org/blog/endofcoal
Breaking News: New England Activists Close Region’s Last Coal Plant — No Coal, No Gas

WE WON! The only viable path forward for them has to be clean, renewable energy. Granite Shore Power may claim this is a voluntary move on their part, but we know that they’ve changed their public position on coal after the immense grassroots support for a transition to clean energy.

No Coal, No Gas