US generates more electricity from renewables than coal for first time ever

[rm2889]

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/26/energy-renewable-electricity-coal-power

[claymav]

True but misleading. Natural gas has taken over, not renewables. Either way, hope to see an article declaring renewables make more power than natural gas soon.

[lightgreen → claymav]

Natural gas emits far less co2 per heat generated (don’t know how much exactly). Burning natural gas is bad, but not as bad as burning coal.

[beenBoutIT → lightgreen]

Getting at the natural gas requires fracking which ruins the surrounding environment. Large swaths of land across the US are uninhabitable with toxic water, soil and air as a result of fracking.

[m0zg → claymav]

This is also why US CO2 emissions have been decreasing for years.