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LG&E, KU to switch to natural gas? Not if the Kentucky Coal Association can help it.

According to an article in The Courier-Journal, the answer is “don’t hold your breath.” Three Kentucky coal-fired plants operated by the PPL-owned utilities are slated to convert to natural gas within five years, including LG&E’s Cane Run Road plant, which currently spews over 4.5 million pounds of climate-change-causing, human life-imparing chemicals into the atmosphere annually. [...]