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As natural gas creeps in, king coal's reign fades
2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: NEAL CONAN, HOST: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. In many parts of the country, coal has been king for many years, but that's changing. Ten years ago, coal fired half the U.S. electrical power plants. Now that's about a third and dropping. As coal companies switch to cheaper and cleaner natural gas, some coal companies in the east are closing mines and laying off workers. It's a different story out west, with a different customer. We ship massive amounts of Western...
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Coal's 'lifeline to Asia' emerges as new front in global warming fight
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: This 900-acre industrial park features a horseshoe-shaped dock of timber and steel that juts out into the Columbia River, an hour's drive north of Portland. During World War II it shipped bullets and bombs across the Pacific. Now it's providing ammunition for a new battle: whether to export substantial amounts of coal from the western United States to Asia. "The channel runs deep here. It's self-scouring, so you don't have to dredge it," explained Craig Allison, operations manager for the port,...