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womanofthehills

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5. Also, the cheap price of natural gas

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #2)

Fri May 13, 2016, 01:11 PM

May 2016

The death of US coal: industry on a steep decline as cheap natural gas rises

The US energy information administration last month released estimates showing coal production declining across the country by 29% in the first 10 weeks of 2016 compared with the same period last year.

The agency said it anticipates natural gas will overtake coal as the country’s biggest source of electricity this year – a projection that is expected to result in hundreds more layoffs in the coming months.

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Coal Industry dying but Republicans want to keep it an issue in campaign [View all] womanofthehills May 2016 OP

he's a moron bernie_is_truth May 2016 #1

It is a problem for them but there is no work for them womanofthehills May 2016 #4

So you are calling progressive democrats like Farron Cousins names womanofthehills May 2016 #6

12 men can take down an entire mountain in a year Lint Head May 2016 #2

Also, the cheap price of natural gas womanofthehills May 2016 #5

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