evidence: "The United States had 589 (coal-fired plants) 10 years ago," Manchin said during the Nov. 16 hearing. [...] Have other countries reduced their reliance on coal? Champenois said that the U.S has retired more capacity, measured in gigawatts, than any other country since 2000, which supports Manchin’s assertion that no other country has reduced its reliance on coal for energy as much as the U.S. has.