Poorly run coal mines are being forced to close, reducing the mining death toll.

经营不善的煤矿被强制关闭，这减少了大部分矿难事故造成的死亡。

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Veolia doesn't run big coal or nuclear power plants - instead, it tries to deliver "efficiency" - basically getting more out of the electricity grid.

威立雅不经营大型的煤炭火力发电厂或核电厂-相反，它试图提供“效率”-基本上是让客户从电网上得到更多的效率。

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Reduced steel production means less demand for electricity to run the smelters, and hence less demand for coal to run turbines to generate power.

钢铁产量下降意味着运行炼钢炉所需的电力减少，用于发电的煤炭需求也就随之降低。

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After all, their fuel is free, whereas the bills of power stations that run on coal and natural gas are high and rising.

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In this hypothetical, that would allow a utility to run one coal plant and one gas plant but the average would decline over time.

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He cites China, where partly state-owned power firms are applying for credits for building gas-fired power plants instead of dirtier ones run on coal.

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