E&E News: "Coal’s decline is praised by environmentalists, who note that plants running on the fuel produce roughly double the carbon dioxide emissions as ones with natural gas and are responsible for pollution and public health problems such as black lung disease."
Stanton 1, the Orlando Utilities Commission's oldest coal-fired unit recommended in December 2020 to significantly reduce the utility's use of coal by 2025 and eliminate it entirely by 2027.
But fossil fuel advocates such as Michelle Bloodworth, president and CEO of the lobby group America’s Power, point to rising electricity demand forecasts to argue coal, which can provide power 24 hours a day unlike intermittent sources like wind and solar, deserves to stick around in the U.S. electricity mix.
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