US coal use falling fast; utilities switch to gas

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NEW YORK (AP) — America is shoveling coal to the sidelines.

The fuel that powered the U.S. from the industrial revolution into the iPhone era is being pushed aside as utilities switch to cleaner and cheaper alternatives.

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