Coal

This article provides an overview of the economic, political, and environmental aspects of coal included in the CoalSwarm wiki.

General Coverage

 * State-by-State Guide to Information on Coal in the United States
 * International Information on Coal
 * Books about coal
 * Coal Issues Calendar
 * Clean Coal
 * Citizen groups working on coal issues
 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * Existing U.S. Coal Mines
 * Coal and jobs in the United States
 * Journalists covering coal
 * Coal plant litigation
 * Nonviolent direct actions against coal
 * Coal Studies
 * Tennessee sludge spill
 * Coal Activist Videos
 * Wikipedia articles on coal
 * CoalSwarm

Coal and power industry data

 * Coal exports
 * Coal-fired power plant capacity and generation
 * Coal reserves
 * Corporate market share of global coal export trade
 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * eGRID (EPA emissions database)
 * Global use and production of coal
 * Powder River Basin
 * Foreign ownership of U.S. corporations

The Politics of Coal

 * The 2008 economic crisis and coal
 * Barack Obama statements on coal
 * Coal and jobs in the United States
 * Coal money in politics
 * Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and coal
 * Environmental justice and coal
 * Public polling on coal and alternatives
 * Obama administration actions on coal
 * U.S. coal politics

Coal lobby

 * Lobby groups, front groups, and trade associations
 * Coal industry PR companies, advisers and lobbyists
 * Coal industry PR and marketing campaigns
 * "Clean coal"
 * Coal money in politics
 * U.S. coal industry lobbyists 2008
 * U.S. power company and utility lobbyists 2008 and 2009

Coal project financing and construction

 * Banks and other financiers of coal
 * Bechtel Group, Inc.

Electric Power

 * Power companies and agencies
 * Rural electric cooperatives in the United States
 * Headquarters of U.S. coal power companies
 * Key private sector decision makers on coal

Coal mining

 * Coal mining companies and agencies
 * Headquarters of U.S. coal mining companies
 * Global list of coal mining companies and agencies
 * Existing coal mines in the United States
 * Proposed coal mines

Synfuels

 * Synfuels companies and agencies

Transportation

 * Railroads and coal

Coal-related environmental issues

 * Climate impacts of coal plants
 * Coal waste
 * Dispelling the myths of the acid rain story
 * Environmental impacts of coal
 * External costs of coal
 * Greenhouse Gas Statistics and Conversions
 * Longwall mining
 * Mercury and coal
 * Methane released by coal mining
 * Mountaintop removal
 * Sulfur dioxide and coal
 * Tennessee sludge spill
 * Additional articles on the environmental issues of coal

Citizen activism on coal

 * Capitol Power Plant
 * Citizen groups working on coal issues
 * Coal Issues Calendar
 * Coal Activist Videos
 * Coal and Native American tribal lands
 * Coal Finance Day of Action
 * Coal moratorium
 * Coal plant conversion projects
 * Coal plant litigation
 * Divestment and shareholder action on coal
 * CoalSwarm organizational website
 * Gordon Gee campaign
 * How to Research a Proposed Coal Plant
 * Nonviolent direct actions against coal
 * Opposition to existing coal plants
 * Philanthropy and coal
 * Presentations about coal and alternatives
 * Testimony on proposed coal plants
 * Additional articles about citizen activism on coal

Coal economics and subsidies

 * Coal and jobs in the United States
 * Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and coal
 * Federal coal leasing
 * Financial Risks of Coal Energy Investment
 * Rural Electric Cooperatives and Coal
 * State coal subsidies
 * State-funded coal marketing programs
 * U.S. Air Force and Coal

Coal plants

 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * Proposed coal plants (international)
 * Coal plant cancellations
 * What happened to the 151 proposed coal plants?
 * Campus coal plants
 * Coal plants near residential areas
 * Coal plant conversion projects

Coal and power industry data

 * Coal exports
 * Coal-fired power plant capacity and generation
 * Coal reserves
 * Corporate market share of global coal export trade
 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * eGRID (EPA emissions database)
 * Global use and production of coal
 * Powder River Basin
 * Foreign ownership of U.S. corporations

"Clean coal"

 * Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
 * "Clean coal"
 * Schwarzenegger clause
 * Additional articles on carbon capture & storage and "clean coal"

Synthetic fuels from coal

 * Coal-to-Liquids
 * Coal-to-Liquids Fuel Promotion Act of 2007
 * U.S. Air Force and Coal
 * Additional synfuels articles

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Campus coal plants
 * Coal and jobs
 * Coal-fired power plant capacity and generation
 * Coal phase-out
 * Coal plant conversion projects
 * Coal plants near residential areas
 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * Opposition to existing coal plants
 * Retrofit vs. Phase-Out of Coal-Fired Power Plants
 * Concentrating solar power land use
 * Conservation and efficiency programs as an alternative to coal
 * Google Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal initiative
 * Gore zero-carbon proposal
 * Hawaii Solar Roofs Law
 * No-Coal Scenarios
 * Photovoltaic power as an alternative to coal
 * Pickens Plan
 * Thermal solar power as an alternative to coal
 * Wind power as an alternative to coal
 * Retrofit vs. Phase-Out of Coal-Fired Power Plants
 * Natural gas transmission leakage rates
 * United States and coal