US law lets closed coal plants keep polluting

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the New Madrid power plant in Conran, Missouri, U.S., February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Tim McLaughlin

WASHINGTON: Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station, a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, stopped producing electricity in 2013.

Its closure came amid a wave of coal plant shutdowns triggered by competition from cheaper, cleaner natural gas and incentives in the US Clean Air Act.

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