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The Searles Valley Minerals plant taps the brine from Searles Lake to produce boron, soda ash and other chemicals, in Trona, Calif., June 12, 2025. It might take a decade or two to eliminate the company?s last coal power unit, said a company official, but he believes the company will ultimately need to find a substitute because of coal?s long-running decline. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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