Journalists covering coal (L-Z)

See also: Journalists covering coal (A-K)

Gitte Laasby
Post-Tribune, glaasby AT post-trib.com
 * "Former coal lobbyist tapped for key role at IDEM," May 10, 2009

Martin LaMonica
CNET News, martin.lamonica AT cbs.com
 * "Making Solar Cheaper Than Coal," March 6, 2009

John Laumer
TreeHugger
 * "Mr. Peabody Goes to China," January 2, 2008
 * "Big Coal To America: 'New US Power Plants Not So Important,'" November 7, 2007
 * "New Zealand Declares 10-Year Moratorium On Coal Fired Electrity Add-Ons," October 12, 2007
 * "Oops...There's Fly-Ash In The Clean Coal Ointment," September 19, 2007

Jessica Lee
The Indypendent, jessica.indypendent AT gmail.com
 * "Indigenous Voices Demand Climate Justice," April 25, 2008

Mike Leonard
Herald Times, mleonard AT heraldt.com
 * "IU prof knows impact of coal mining," November 15, 2009

Dennis Lien
Pioneer Press, dlien AT pioneerpress.com
 * "Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sees rise in mercury levels in northern pike, walleye from state lakes," February 18, 2009

Gar Lipow
Gristmill, garlpublic AT comcast.net
 * "A national grid will make renewable electricity work," September 17, 2008

Amanda Griscom Little
grist.com
 * "Let's Call the Coal Thing Off," March 9, 2007

Asjylyn Loder
St. Petersburg Times, aloder AT sptimes.com
 * "If we don't want coal, what will power us?," St. Petersburg Times, October 7, 2007
 * "'Clean' coal? What about the carbon?: TECO's new plant will emit tons of the climate change suspect," St. Petersburg Times, September 29, 2007

Kristen Lombardi
Center for Public Integrity, klombardi AT publicintegrity.org, (202) 481-1208


 * "Coal Ash: The Hidden Story," February 19, 2009

Kari Lydersen
Washington Post
 * "The Clunkers of the Power Plant World," August 17, 2009

John Lyon
Arkansas News Bureau, jlyon AT arkansasnews.com
 * "No new coal plants until technology improves, panel recommends," September 26, 2008

Alexis Madrigal
Wired, alexis.madrigal AT gmail.com
 * "World Coal Reserves Could Be a Fraction of Previous Estimates," December 17, 2008
 * "Oil Is Not the Climate Change Culprit -- It's All About Coal," December 17, 2008

Carl Manning
Associated Press
 * "Sunflower sues Kan. over coal plant permit denial," November 18, 2008

Mary Manning
Las Vegas Sun, 702-259-4065
 * "Second Coal-Fired Plant Project Canceled in Nevada," March 5, 2009

Mike Mansur
Kansas City Star, 816-234-4433, mmansur AT kcstar.com

David Markiewicz
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, dmarkiewicz AT ajc.com
 * "2 more co-ops drop out of coal plant group," May 19, 2009

Richard Martin
New West, rmartin AT newwest.net
 * “Clean coal still a distant vision,” December 7, 2007

Diane Mastrull
Philadelphia Inquirer, dmastrull AT phillynews.com.
 * "In Pa. House, heavy debate over clean-energy bill," August 9, 2009

Bob Matyi
Coal Age (McGraw Hill), 270-827-8145, bobmaty AT roadrunner.com
 * "Michigan to require IGCC evaluation for permits in some cases," December 27, 2007

Robert McCabe
Virginia-Pilot, robert.mccabe AT pilotonline.com
 * "Indiana town to Chesapeake: Fly-ash battle won’t be easy," October 17, 2008

Robert McClure
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 206-448-8092, rmcclure AT sej.org
 * "Environment Could Take a Hit," February 15, 2001

Debra McCown
Bristol Herald Courier, dmccown AT bristolnews.com
 * "Final Ruling In Ison Rock Ridge Case To Be Made By Senior U.S. District Judge Glen Williams", October 16, 2008
 * "Protesters At Coal Plant Construction Site Arraigned, Free To Leave State Until Hearing", September 17, 2008
 * "Permit Process Was A Breeze For Carbo Power Plant", September 7, 2008
 * "An End To Mountaintop Removal Mining?", August 11, 2008
 * "Environmental Groups Sue To Halt Logging At Future Mine Site", July 31, 2008
 * "Largest Coal Mine in the States Idles Operations," March 6, 2009

Michael D. McElwain
The Review, mmcelwain AT reviewonline.com
 * "Baard awaiting final air permit," November 18, 2008

Robin McKie
Guardian.co.uk / The Observer, robin.mckie AT guardian.co.uk
 * "'We have only four years left to act on climate change - America has to lead'," 1/18/09

Linda McNatt
Virginia-Pilot, linda.mcnatt AT pilotonline.com
 * "Residents rally against coal-fired energy plant at meeting," November 24, 2009

Andy Mead
Lexington Herald-Leader, amead AT herald-leader.com
 * "Settlement reached in mining suit," May 7, 2009
 * "Court hears case on coal plant near Mammoth,", July 29, 2008

Katharine Mieszkowski
salon.com, km AT salon.com
 * "The dirty green line," March 23, 2009

Dana Milbank
Washington Post
 * "Burned Up About the Other Fossil Fuel," June 24, 2008

Bob Moen
Casper Star-Tribune,
 * "USGS revises coal estimate," August 2, 2008

Peter Montague
Rachel's Democracy and Health News, peter AT rachel.org
 * "Green Coal?" November 11, 2008

Kate Moran
Times Picayune, kmoran AT timespicayune.com, (504) 826-3491
 * "Critics object to Entergy's plans to convert a unit at its Little Gypsy plant," January 2, 2009

Mark Morford
SFGate.com, mmorford AT sfgate.com
 * "Evil: It's the New Good!," September 10, 2008.

Jim Motavalli
E: The Environmental Magazine, 203-854-5559, ext. 107, jimm AT emagazine.com
 * "Once There Was a Mountain," Nov/Dec 2007, Vol. 18, Issue 6

Steve Mufson
Washington Post
 * "Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide For First Time," October 19, 2007
 * "Utility Agrees to Large Settlement, Emissions Cuts, October 9, 2007
 * “Coal ‘rush’ faces environmental opposition,” March 12, 2007
 * "Coal Industry Plugs Into the Campaign," January 8, 2008.

Bruce Mulliken
Green Energy News, bmulliken AT green-energy-news.com
 * "A little bad news, a little good, on climate and energy," September 22, 2007

Brian Nearing
Times Union, bnearing AT timesunion.com
 * "Mercury a concern in eagles," November 30, 2008
 * "Fly ash: Culprit at Lafarge?" October 26, 2008
 * "Spelling out global warming costs" October 24, 2008

Margaret Newkirk
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, mnewkirk AT ajc.com
 * "Bill would restrict coal power plants," February 4, 2009
 * "Judge rules for new coal plant in S. Georgia," January 13, 2008
 * "Environmentalists lose bid to stop coal plant," January 11, 2008

Bruce Nichols
Reuters (US)
 * "Weak economy could curb Obama coal cleanup plan", November 19, 2008
 * "US coal exports to drop 15 pct in 2009-analysts", November 18, 2008
 * "US met coal outlook better than feared - experts", November 13, 2008
 * "Illinois coal a potential US export star - exec", November 12, 2008
 * "US coal imports slowed but not stopped - experts", November 12, 2008
 * "Sour economy to slow coal industry mergers: analyst", November 12, 2008

David Nicklaus
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, dnicklaus AT post-dispatch.com
 * "Boyce makes $11.95 million as Peabody CEO," March 26, 2009.

Mark Niquette
Columbus Dispatch, mniquette AT dispatch.com
 * "Coal plant to reinvent itself with cleaner fuel," April 2, 2009.

Jim Offner
WCFCourier.com, (319) 291-1598, jim.offner AT wcfcourier.com.
 * "Opposition to coal heats up in US," December 7, 2008

Anne Paine
The Tennessean, apaine AT tennessean.com
 * "Vanderbilt University keeps its coal plant," October 13, 2009

Molly Parker
Charleston Regional Business Journal, mparker AT scbiznews.com
 * "Santee Cooper board suspends coal plant plans," August 24, 2009

Judy Pasternak
Los Angeles Times, judy.pasternak AT latimes.com
 * "Coal is no longer on the front burner," January 18, 2008
 * "The politics of coal," January 18, 2008
 * "Global warming has a new battleground: coal plants," April 14, 2008

Daniel Person
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, dperson AT dailychronicle.com
 * "Phillips tapped to help White House on climate bill," October 23, 2009

Mark Peters
Dow Jones wire service, mark.peters AT dowjones.com 212-416-2457 covers the U.S. power and coal industries and environmental markets
 * "US Coal-Fired Generation Booms, And Busts", March 25, 2010.

Stephen Power
Wall Street Journal stephen.power AT wsj.com
 * "Kansan stokes energy squabble with coal ruling," March 19, 2008
 * "Coalfields turn into battlefields," April 14, 2008

Karl Puckett
"Great Falls Tribune," 791-1471, 800-438-6600 or kpuckett AT greatfallstribune.com
 * Ruling could spell trouble for coal plants," November 13, 2008

Steve Raabe
Denver Post, 303-954-1948, sraabe AT denverpost.com
 * “'Clean coal' plant setbacks mount in U.S.," November 1, 2007

Enrique Rangel
Lubbock Online, enrique.rangel AT morris.com
 * "Lawmakers set sights on more energy," 1/17/09

Andrew Revkin
New York Times, anrevk AT nytimes.com
 * "The enduring allure of 'Clean Coal'", New York Times, August 29, 2008.

Ry Rivard
Charleston Daily Mail, ry.rivard AT dailymail.com
 * "Coal truck protesters hail from all over the place," October 23, 2009.

Jonathan Rivoli
Bismarck Tribune, jonathan.rivoli AT bismarcktribune.com
 * "Senate hearing tackles carbon issue," March 28, 2008

David Roberts
Grist, droberts AT grist.org
 * "An unusually interesting discussion of 'clean coal'," April 21, 2008

David Robinson
Buffalo News, drobinson AT buffnews.com
 * "Power costs cloud outlook for coal plant, July 5, 2009

Lisa Roner
Ethical Corporation, Lisa.Roner AT ethicalcorp.com
 * "Climate change – Principled banking," April 11, 2008

Elisabeth Rosenthal
New York Times, elrose AT nytimes.com
 * "Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms On Climate,", April 23, 2008

Ken Ross
The Republican, kross AT repub.com
 * "French firm to purchase Holyoke power plant," September 3, 2008

Mike Ruben
State Journal (West Virginia), mruben AT statejournal.com
 * "Coal Counties Endure New Generation of Mine Wars," July 30, 2009

Beth Gorczyca Ryan
State Journal, bgorczyca AT statejournal.com
 * "Coal company works to comply with laws," March 9, 2006

Sid Salter
Clarion Ledger, ssalter AT clarionledger.com
 * "Proposed Kemper County 'clean' coal plant: Why opponents object," October 11, 2009

Michelle Saxton
Charleston Daily Mail, michelle.saxton AT dailymail.com
 * "Another pro-coal group enters the energy debate," August 20, 2009

Mark Schleifstein
Times-Picayune, 504-826-3327, mschleifstein AT timespicayune.com
 * "Entergy Corp. proposes strategy for curbing emissions," October 3, 2008

Renee Schoof
McClatchy Newspapers
 * "EPA won't loosen air-pollution standards for coal plants," December 10, 2008

Elana Schor
Guardian.co.uk, elana.schor AT guardian.co.uk
 * "In Echo of Kingsnorth Six, US Climate Change Activists to Go on Trial," 10/17/08

Cameron Scott
The Thin Blue Line, SFGate.org, 415.203.3645, cameronscot AT gmail.com
 * "Snowed: just a third of Americans accept climate change," April 18, 2009
 * "The Coal War," January 19, 2009

Bob Secter
Chicago Tribune, bsecter AT tribune.com
 * Illinois Lands Clean Coal Plant December 18, 2007

Tina Seeley
Bloomberg.com, tseeley AT bloomberg.net
 * "Coal’s Environmental Damage Costs U.S. $62 Billion," October 19, 2009

Beth Sergent
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
 * "Obama hears case for AMP in Meigs," April 9, 2010.

Samieh Shalash
Daily Press, sshalash AT dailypress.com
 * "Hampton University seeking grant for geothermal system to replace coal-burning steam plants," May 26, 2009

Stephen Shankland
Green Tech, stephen.shankland AT cnet.com
 * "Google CEO: How to fix the U.S. energy problem," October 1, 2008

Carolyn Shapiro
Virginian-Pilot, carolyn.shapiro AT pilotonline.com
 * "Report claims new coal plant will lead to higher rates," April 27, 2009

Dennis Sherer
Times Daily, dennis.sherer AT timesdaily.com
 * "Emissions bill up in the air," November 23, 2009

Ted Sickinger
The Oregonian, 503-221-8505, tedsickinger AT news.oregonian.com
 * "PacifiCorp labels coal a no-go for new plant," December 7, 2007

Diane Silver
Syndicated columnist, dsswriter AT sunflower.com
 * "Bill McKibben Interview," 1/09

Bob Sloan
Novelist and commentator, bobsloan60 AT yahoo.com
 * website: Bob Sloan's Sampler
 * blog: Buncha Stories
 * address: 110 Baldwin Road, Morehead KY 40351
 * telephone: (606) 784-3140


 * "Coal industry's models of success are just false fronts," Lexington Herald Leader, August 8, 2005
 * "Moving Mountains: The Human Costs of Our Coal Economy," Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2007

Mark Sommer
The Buffalo News, msommer AT buffnews.com
 * "Shift in Jamestown ‘clean coal’ plans decried, lauded," August 14, 2009

Kim Smith
The Herald News, 815-729-6067, ksmith AT scn1.com
 * "Coal-burning power plant extinguished," January 4, 2008

Rebecca Smith
Wall Street Journal, rebecca.smith@wsj.com
 * "U.S. foresees a thinner cushion of coal," June 8, 2009

Vivian Song
Toronto Sun, vivian.song AT sunmedia.ca
 * "Window of opportunity: Obama has just four years to turn climate change around,"

Elizabet Souder
Dallas Morning News, esouder AT dallasnews.com
 * "TXU buyer, coal critics meet," March 9, 2007
 * "Efforts to gain OK for coal plants suspended," March 2, 2007

Rex Springston
Richmond Times-Dispatch, rspringston AT timesdispatch.com
 * "UPDATE: Judge strikes down permit for Wise County power plant," August 11, 2009

Kathy Still
Bristol Herald Courier, 276-679-1338, kstill AT bristolnews.com
 * "Wise County, Va., supervisors stumble in their power plant support," January 11, 2008

Chuck Stinnett
Henderson (KY) Gleaner, 270-831-8343, cstinnett AT thegleaner.com
 * "More than coal: Engineer says Kentucky must broaden its search for new energy sources," January 4, 2008

Jake Stump
Charleston Daily Mail, jakestump AT dailymail.com
 * "Manchin to tout coal-to-liquid plants in address," January 8, 2008

Susan Sturgis
Institute for Southern Studies' Facing South blog, suesturgis AT raleigheconews.com
 * "Judge halts Ga. coal plant over climate concerns," July 1, 2008
 * "13 arrested during protest over Va. coal plant," June 30, 2008
 * "The N.Y. Times' early Valentine to Duke Energy CEO," June 27, 2008

Brian K. Sullivan
Bloomberg.com, bsullivan10 AT bloomberg.net
 * "Increased Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Will Kill More People," January 3, 2008

Phoebe Sweet
Las Vegas Sun, phoebe.sweet AT lasvegassun.com, 702-259-4127
 * "Up in Smoke," November 15, 2008

Robert Swift
Scranton Times-Tribune, rswift AT timesshamrock.com
 * "Clinton stokes Pa. coal," April 9, 2009

Jim Tankersley
LA Times, jtankersley AT latimes.com
 * "EPA commits to set air pollution rules by 2011," October 24, 2009
 * "G-20 leaders pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies," September 26, 2009

Steven Tetreault
Stephens Media, 202-783-1760, STetreault AT stephensmedia.com
 * "Reid getting tougher on coal," December 7, 2007, with John G. Edwards
 * "Reid's views on warming fire up critics," October 25, 2007

Peter Thomson
National Public Radio's "Living on Earth," 617-983-2327
 * "Local climate change & continuing conversations: Peter Thomson, part 2" October 30, 2006

Kathleen Thurber
Midland Reporter-Telegram, kthurber AT mrt.com
 * "Officials say they hope FutureGen efforts not wasted, Working for bid from energy company for similar plant," April 16, 2008

Nick Timiraos
Wall Street Journal, nick.timiraos AT wsj.com
 * "Coalfields turn into battlefields," April 14, 2008

Jeffrey Tomich
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, JTomich AT post-dispatch.com
 * "Peabody pursuing mine, coal plant in China," October 2, 2008

Ian Urbina
New York Times, urbina AT nytimes.com
 * "US fines mine owner $20 million for pollution," January 18, 2008

Jeremy van Loon
Bloomberg, jvanloon AT bloomberg.net
 * "Arctic’s 2,000-Year Cooling Ended With Coal Burning, Ice Shows ," Bloomberg, September 3, 2009

John Vidal
The Guardian, john.vidal AT guardian.co.uk
 * "Billions wasted on UN climate programme: Energy firms routinely abusing carbon offset fund, US studies claim," May 26, 2008

María Villaseñor
Salt Lake Tribune, mariav AT sltrib.com
 * "Residents ready to rally for power plant moratorium," February 19, 2009

Kelsey Volkmann
St. Louis Business Journal, kvolkmann AT bizjournals.com
 * "Patriot Coal to idle more mines," April 2, 2009

Breanne Wagner
National Defense, bwagner AT ndia.org
 * "Market for Synthetic Aviation Fuel Off to a Shaky Start," May 2008

Matt Wald
New York Times, mattwald AT nytimes.com


 * "Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention," September 21, 2009

Bryan Walsh
TIME magazine
 * "Taking on King Coal," November 5, 2008

Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette, kward AT wvgazette.com 304-348-1702
 * "Americans oppose mountaintop removal, according to poll" October 23, 2008
 * "Chambers will hear mountaintop removal permit case" October 22, 2008
 * "Coal company wants judge off mine case" October 16, 2008
 * "'Clean coal' policies absent, GAO finds" October 2, 2008
 * "CONSOL to pay $400,000 for water violations" September 30, 2008
 * "W.Va. favors alternative energy, poll shows" September 26, 2008
 * "Obama, McCain try to top 'clean coal' promise" September 24, 2008
 * "Another mining permit challenged" September 23, 2008

Ron Way
MinnPost.com, rway AT minnpost.com
 * "Big Stone II project faces increasing scrutiny," April 29, 2008

Andrew Wheat
Texans for Public Justice, 512-472-9770
 * "Laura Miller's Carbon Admission," June 13, 2008

Timothy B. Wheeler
Baltimore Sun, 410-409-3469, tim.wheeler AT baltsun.com
 * "Md. requires liners, runoff systems at coal ash sites," November 25, 2008

Carolyn Whetzel
BNA, 909-793-1430, cwhetzel AT bna.com
 * "California Lawmakers Approve Legislation Allowing Implementation of Solar Energy Initiative," August 23, 2006

Daniel Whitten
Bloomberg, dwhitten2 AT bloomberg.net
 * "EPA’s Carbon Decision Gives Obama Copenhagen Tool," December 7, 2009

Allison T. Williams
Daily Press, atwilliams AT dailypress.com
 * "Dendron to decide coal plant's fate," July 13, 2009

Dave Williams
Albany Herald, dave.williams AT albanyherald.com
 * "Activists may appeal power plant ruling," January 12, 2008

Janet Wilson
Los Angeles Times, janet.wilson AT latimes.com
 * "On D.C.'s burner: Coal at the pumps," May 10, 2007

Mark Wilson
The Evansville Courier Press, 812-464-5663, mwilson AT evansville.net
 * "Duke plant support lines up," December 21, 2007
 * "Power plant opponents to boycott hearing," December 20, 2007

Jeff Young
Public Radio International's "Living on Earth," 202/554-0644, jyoung AT loe.org

Nikki Younk
Iron Mountain Daily News, nyounk AT ironmountaindailynews.com
 * "Electric Rates to Jump," July 3, 2009

Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
 * "Global warming activists urge U.S. emissions cuts," April 14, 2007