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Most coal fired power plants in Virginia have closed. What happens to the buildings after they shut down?

Credit: Roxy Todd / Radio IQ

How long will we produce electricity from coal? It’s a question being debated at the Climate Conference in Dubai. Here in Virginia, production of electricity from coal has dropped over the past 15 years. Our state now gets most of its electricity from nuclear and natural gas.

But what happens to communities when their coal-fired power plants close? It’s a question Roxy Todd went asking in Giles County, not far from the West Virginia line.

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