MINING NEWS: King Coal returning to the throneBlackouts, natural gas prices open way to first coal-fired plants since early 1990s; debate rages between ‘clean-coal’ believers, advocates of environmental controls; MIT’s Loren Cox says coal plants can be as clean as a gas-fired plants Gary Park Petroleum News Calgary Correspondent
Long the symbol of a “dirty” economy and seemingly destined for oblivion in the age of global warming, coal is making a resurgence in the United States and Canada, propelled by the big blackout last summer and the volatility of natural gas prices.
It is a small advance, but 4,900 megawatts of coal-....
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