'War on Coal' Gains Steam Amid Wars on Terror, Crime, Drugs, Science, Christmas
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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told reporters earlier this month that "there is no war on coal."
Read it as you like — as a true statement, or as exactly what you'd expect someone to say who's waging a war on coal. Either way, political warfare is preceding literal explosions, as utilities count demolition and redevelopment as options in a future projected to have reduced reliance on coal, the carbon-based fuel most dangerous to the climate.