After older, smaller plants started closing, now big coal plants will stop operating by the end of 2019, this Scientific American article points out. These larger plants are also some of the biggest carbon dioxide emitters in the US.
Closures are a result of plants becoming more expensive to operate over time. The article lists the following plants that will close by the year’s end:
Navajo Generating Station, AZ
Bruce Mansfield plant, PA
Paradise Plant, KY
Read the full article here.