Breaking: US, other G7 countries to phase out coal by early 2030s

3 comments

1. 2030 itself would be a lot better.

2. Unfortunately the US’s pledge is kind of toothless so long as we lack a federal legislature that is willing to create binding legislation to this effect. The EPA’s power plant rules would probably result in a rapid phaseout of all coal but it’s unlikely to survive a court challenge with the Republican hackjobs in the Supreme Court and if Biden doesn’t win reelection Trump’s EPA would just rescind it anyway, just like they did with the rules under Obama’s EPA.

   If it were strictly down to market conditions coal would probably be phased out by then regardless but various states will fight tooth and nail to prop up their dying coal plants and mining industry.

   Fortunately I don’t think any of the other G7 countries has a problem like this.

3. Good, but very very very late.