Thursday, January 24, 2013

Coal to China via the NW: Key Battleground on the Climate

Visit the Tiny Town Where Big Coal Will Meet Its Fate

| Tue Jan. 22, 2013 3:01 AM PST

Mother Jones

Last week Beijing saw its infamous smog thicken to unprecedented levels, driven largely by emissions from coal-fired power plants across China. In recent years coal from US mines has stoked more and more of these plants, in effect offshoring the health impacts of burning coal. This year, much of the US coal industry's focus will be on pushing an unfolding campaign that seeks to dramatically ramp up the amount of coal we ship overseas.   READ MORE