The new boom: <br>Rise of natural gas
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The demise of coal-fired power plants
The rise of cheap and plentiful shale natural gas is hastening the fall of older, coal-fired power plants.
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Oct. 4, 2012
The Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem, Mass., a 65-acre coal- and oil-fired power plant built in 1951, will soon be demolished to make room for a natural gas-fired plant.
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