Coal v natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions are the best way to measure a countries climate change policies and the US is doing a great job. US CO2 emissions are at the lowest level since 1985 even though the population has increased by 100 million since then. The 40% decline in U.S. coal-fired power generation over the last decade accounted for 75% of the total reduction in CO2 emissions. The US has only 240 coal-fired plants left with more being closed each year while there are 8,500 in the world with 1,600 new plants currently under construction. The concern about climate change in the US today is more about politics than climate. The way to help the world to fight climate change is to produced natural gas and ship it to countries around the world so that they can replace their coal plants with natural gas.