This 'coal state' may turn to natural gas

USA Today: Kentucky has long been a coal state, and as such has consistently resisted efforts by the federal government to limit greenhouse gas emissions from its coal-fired power plants.

A year ago the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new rules, called the Clean Power Plan, designed to reduce the country's carbon emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. It amounted to the Obama administration's biggest step yet to reduce emissions from power plants. It allowed states to comply using whatever power system they preferred, but it also threatens to severely curtail coal generation.

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