Advertisement

May 30, 2012

Even in Kentucky, Coal Inc. Is Under Siege

Eric Lipton, New York Times


NYT

For generations, coal has been king in this Appalachian town. It provided heat, light and jobs for the hundreds of people who worked in the nearby coal mines and the smoke-coughing Big Sandy power plant that burned their black bounty.

Read Full Article ››

TAGGED: Kentucky, Coal

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

May 22, 2012
GOP Looks to Bury Obama on Coal Issues
King and Martinson, Politico
Anger over coal helped an imprisoned felon defeat President Barack Obama this month in several West Virginia counties.Now Republicans hope Mitt Romney can squeeze an electoral diamond out of coal country in battleground states... more ››
May 22, 2012
Solar and Coal: Arch Enemies or BFF?
Rhys Clay, Energy Collective
To many the concept of power generated from solar energy and fossil fuels seem diametrically opposed. One fuel source is deemed as futuristic, green and renewable whilst the other is seen as old, dirty and finite. But recent... more ››
May 18, 2012
Germany Losing the Battle to Cheap Coal
Gloystein & Eckert, Reuters
To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020.Yet the challenge facing... more ››
May 29, 2012
Election 2012: The Coal Hard Facts
Robert Bryce, Slate
Are the coal states red or blue? Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is working hard to convince voters in key swing states that also produce coal—Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia—that the Obama administration is... more ››
May 23, 2012
Is Carbon Disaster Brewing in the Northwest?
Dave Cohen, OilPrice
Optimists and politicians like to remind us that U.S. exports are booming. Unfortunately, so are imports.An increasingly large part of the "rosy" exports picture centres around our energy exports, which means coal exports. I was... more ››
|