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April 30, 2012

Can Exports Save Coal on Life Support?

Jordan Weissmann, The Atlantic


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Slowly but surely, America is winding down its centuries-old love affair with coal. It's been a fine long-term relationship. But thanks to the deluge of cheap natural gas pouring from domestic shale deposits. . .

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