Electricity generation by U.S. state

U.S. states vary radically in terms of electricity generation. 

Vermont is the cleanest, while Delaware is the dirtiest.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The U.S. gets 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, but plans are afoot to drastically reduce that share.

   

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  How? Look at the energy mix per state. As this map shows, some are way ahead of the curve. Others, not so much.
   

• Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware is America’s worst polluter – if only in relative terms.

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