evidence: Coal-fired generation declined across the country over the past decade, but it still provides over half of the electricity in eight states: West Virginia, Wyoming, Missouri, Kentucky, Utah, North Dakota, Indiana, and Nebraska. These eight states accounted for just 11 percent of U.S. power generation in 2020, but 38 percent of its coal-fired generation. Combined, the generation from coal in these states was 293 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2020. By comparison, wind generated 337 TWh across the United States in 2020. What happens to coal in these states is a crucial element of what happens to coal in the United States as a whole. [...] Coal has certainly lost ground even in coal country. In West Virginia, coal provided 88 percent of total generation in 2020, down from 97 percent in 2010. In Wyoming, coal went from 89 percent to 80 percent, and Missouri saw a similar shift. Elsewhere, the declines were sharper: Indiana’s system relied 90 percent on coal a decade ago; in 2020, just 53 percent. In Kentucky, coal reliance dropped from 93 percent to 69 percent. The direction of traffic is toward decarbonization, but the pace is uneven and, often, not rapid enough.