I recently had the opportunity to get out of the office for awhile and explore the coalfields of Southwest Virginia. This particular region of Appalachia is stunningly beautiful. Steep mountains, deep fertile valleys, and enormous rock formations. Driving out of North Carolina I was amazed at how different the composition of the mountains were from [...]

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Central Appalachian Coal is selling for 130.00 a ton. This is essentially the most expensive coal on the planet, mined in the most egregious of methods. This can’t be a good idea.coalpricesaresoaring

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This is taken from Jim Hansen’s e-mail newsletter. He was asked to defend some protesters in court, but they ended up getting a somewhat decent plea bargain and the case never went to trial. He gives a rather dry presentation on the science of climate change but he can definitely write well. Give it a [...]

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