November 29, 2012

Is the Coal Industry Ready for Detente?

Bill Chameides, Huffington Post


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clean-coal lobbying group talks of a shared ... commitment" with the Obama administration on the environment. Hmm. OK, it's past Thanksgiving and the election is long over, but a series of ads I saw on television on election night keep playing in my mind. They were about the virtues of coal. Why would such ads stay with me? Let me explain.

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TAGGED: mercury rule, NOx emissions, Clean Air Act, sulfur emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, epa, EPA regulations, coal industry

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