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3. The times, they are a-changin'.
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 12:06 AM
Apr 2013


"Today, after a three-year campaign by tens of thousands across the city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined our L.A. Beyond Coal activists to publicly announce this blockbuster news: L.A. will stop using coal by 2025.

"The era of coal is over," said Mayor Villaraigosa, when he first broke the news earlier this week. Villaraigosa was joined by Al Gore, Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune, California businessman Tom Steyer, and allies from across the city on March 22 to make the announcement.

This is a groundbreaking decision, a historic victory that catapults LA and Villaraigosa to the front of the pack when it comes to clean energy and American innovation. By going coal free, the city is showing the rest of the nation that it's possible to power a thriving, growing, major American city without relying on coal that threatens our the health of our families, and the future of our planet."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-anne-hitt/the-era-of-coal-is-over-l_b_2933950.html

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