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Related: About this forumEnvironmentalists have made coal's US future cloudy. Answer? Ship it overseas.
"Exporting coal from Montana and Wyomings Powder River Basin to markets around the world by way of shipping terminals in the Pacific Northwest is shaping up to be one of the next big environmental fights.
Currently five export terminals are proposed for Oregon and Washington, which would also require additional infrastructure like new coal trains running from the interior West to the coast.
There is serious money to be made from shipping coal abroad. As David Roberts at Grist pointed out: the health of the U.S. coal industry hinges on its ability to increase exports to China and India. So its no surprise that the coal, rail, and shipping industries spent nearly a million dollars in one month on television ads supporting the construction of coal export terminals."
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/10/31/1098531/exclusive-coal-export-lobby-spends-big-on-ads-promoting-shipping-taxpayer-owned-coal-abroad/
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Environmentalists have made coal's US future cloudy. Answer? Ship it overseas. (Original Post)
wtmusic
Oct 2012
OP
If only we can capture the hurricanes' energy to use for mining & shipping coal
NoOneMan
Oct 2012
#1
U.S. Coal Exports On Pace To Hit All-Time High, Fueling Surge In Global Warming Pollution
limpyhobbler
Oct 2012
#4
NoOneMan
(4,795 posts)1. If only we can capture the hurricanes' energy to use for mining & shipping coal
Think of all the money to be made
EconomyInCrisis
(18 posts)2. Spam deleted by bluesbassman (MIR Team)
My Good Babushka
(2,710 posts)3. It's the low price of natural gas
that is making coal less attractive. Neither of them are exactly environmentally friendly.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)4. U.S. Coal Exports On Pace To Hit All-Time High, Fueling Surge In Global Warming Pollution