Good News For The Environment Of The Appalachians…

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Obama administration moved to block a mountaintop coal-mining project from going forward and said Tuesday it would scrutinize more than a hundred mining permits amid concern about the waste that is dumped into rivers and streams.

It was viewed as the first time in at least eight years the U.S. [...]

World coal reserves overestimated, says scientist » Radio Podcasts | Earth & Sky

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That’s CalTech engineer David Rutledge, who spoke to EarthSky at a recent science meeting. He said governments around the world have overestimated coal reserves or, the amount of coal still available for energy use.

David Rutledge: That estimate, at least for these trends, appears to be high, for coal.

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