Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Yes, Coal is Dying, But No, EPA is Not the Main Culprit

Grist: Imagine my alarm when I read this headline in The Christian Science Monitor: "Study: EPA regulations squelch US coal industry." This is a very popular attack from conservatives, including Mitt Romney, but I`ve never seen a reputable study that supports it. Could I have been wrong all along? The story, from "guest blogger" Charles Kennedy, refers to a report [PDF] from the research consultancy Brattle Group. So I went and read the report. And it doesn`t say what Kennedy says it says. At all. In...

URL: http://grist.org/climate-energy/yes-coal-is-dying-but-no-epa-is-not-the-main-culprit/
Enclosure: http://grist.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/shovels-coal-field.jpg?w=250&h=153

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