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The downstream air pollution impacts of the transition from coal to natural gas in the United States

Between 2005 and 2016 in the continental United States, decommissioning of coal-fired units was associated with an estimated 26,610 lives saved. Although there are considerable benefits of decommissioning older coal-fired units, the newer natural gas and coal-fired units that have supplanted them are not entirely benign.