USA TODAYTech firms like Google, Amazon push power companies toward solar and wind, a blow to coalUSA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO — Every time you save a photo to the cloud, buy something on Amazon, open a Google doc or stream a movie, you're probably pulling electricity from a wind turbine in Texas or a solar farm in Virginia.

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