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Eco activists have called for the plants' closure for years, while energy experts are warning that renewables are unreliable, costly, and intermittent.
Jerry Curran has been organizing to retire the Merrimack Station coal power plant in Bow, New Hampshire, for 17 years. He is one of many local activists who have brought
The final coal-fired power plants in New England are slated to shutter in the coming years, making it the second region to phase out the energy source that powered the U.S. economy for decades. In an announcement late last month, New Hampshire-based power provider Granite Shore Power said it had reached an agreement with federal