Will US Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Cleaning Up After Bankrupt Coal Companies?

Originally published on The Conversation. By Patrick McGinley, West Virginia University Coal’s share of the U.S. energy market is rapidly plunging. Low-cost fracking-generated natural gas has overtaken the use of coal at America’s power plants. Impending implementation of the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which would place stringent regulations on coal-fired power plant emissions, [&hellip

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