“The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy.”
What PolitiFact found
Manchin is broadly right to note that the U.S. has decreased its reliance on coal for generating electricity over the past decade, although he incorrectly labeled the units of measurement.
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In short
Joe Manchin (U.S. Senator, D-W.Va.) made this claim around 16 December 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 December 2021. Its rating was “Half True”.
Joe Manchin has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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