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US energy use hit 30-year low during pandemic shutdowns

by Associated Press
| July 29, 2020 10:27 AM

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. energy consumption plummeted to its lowest level in more than 30 years this spring as the nation’s economy largely shut down because of the coronavirus, federal officials reported Wednesday.

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