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CNBC: Natural gas tops coal as top source of electricity in US, 2015
NYT: Natural Gas Overtakes Coal in U.S. Electric Generation, 2015
EIA: U.S. renewable energy consumption surpasses coal for the first time in over 130 years

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Fox4: Florida Power & Light puts an end to coal-fired power generation, 2021

[1:06]

CNN Business: The largest U.S. coal company just filed for bankruptcy, 2016
Forbes: U.S. Coal Company Alpha Natural Resources Files For Bankruptcy, 2015
WyoFile: Wyoming coal operator Peabody Energy files bankruptcy, 2016

[1:12]

WSJ: Coal Pension Plan Sues Miners Peabody Energy and Arch Coal, 2015
Fast Company: Coal companies are going bankrupt. What happens to the pensions they’ve promised miners?, 2019
NYT: Congress Saves Coal Miner Pensions, but What About Others?, 2019

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Energy Innovation: Coal Cost Crossover 2.0 Report, 2021 (PDF DOWNLOAD LINK)

[3:47]

VICE: Thomas Edison Thought It Was a Bright Idea to Electrocute Animals, 2016

[7:40]

West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture & History: Matewan Massacre
National Park Service: Introduction to the West Virginia Mine Wars

[8:30]

EIA: Coal explained - Coal and the environment

[8:52]

DeSmog: Coal lobby PR firm memo boasts about manipulating Democrats and Republicans, 2009

[10:12]

Salt Lake Tribune: Keeping coal in the spotlight - High-powered P.R. firm goes to work polishing the image, 2008

[11:18]

Government Accountability Office: Carbon Capture and Storage: Actions Needed to Improve DOE Management of Demonstration Projects, 2021

[14:06]

Energy.gov: Petra Nova - W.A. Parish Project

[14:16] 

SA Current: Texas' New "Clean Coal" Plant Fuels More Oil and Gas Production, 2017

[14:32]

NRG: Petra Nova Carbon capture technology project

[15:48]

Forbes: NRG's $1B Bet To Show How Carbon Capture Could Be Feasible For Coal Power Plants, 2014

[16:35]

EPA: W A Parrish Emissions Report

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Reuters: Japan's Eneos to buy out operator of U.S. CO2 capture project Petra Nova, 2022

[18:58]

Lazard: Levelized Cost of Energy 2017

[19:23]

Fort Bend Solar Farm

[20:04]

IEEFA: National Grid begins commercial operations at its first solar plus storage project in Texas
Energy.gov: EERE: Solar-Plus-Storage 101

[21:13]

The Intercept: Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire, 2021

[21:43]

Energy.gov: FECM: Coal and Carbon Capture Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, 2022

WSJ: Projects to Capture Carbon Emissions Get New Boost Despite Dismal Record, 2022

[22:22]

Joe Manchin Senate Website: Manchin Sets The Record Straight On Coal And Inflation Reduction Act, 2022

[23:07]

NBC News: Mine workers union endorses Biden energy policies in exchange for job training, 2021
Pittsburgh City Paper: United Mine Workers union comes out in support of transition to clean energy, 2021
Ars Technica: Coal miners’ union lobbies for jobs in renewable energy, 2021

[23:16]

EcoWatch: One Year of a Coal CEO’s Salary Could Transition U.S. Coal Miners to Work in Solar Industry, 2016
WSJ: Arch Coal Paid $29M to Insiders in Year Before Bankruptcy, 2016

[23:25]

The Guardian: Laid off and owed pay: the Kentucky miners blocking coal trains, 2019
CBS News: Kentucky miners block coal train over missed paychecks, 2020

[23:33]

US News: Solar Farm Planned at Closed Louisiana Coal Power Plant Site, 2022
The Architect’s Newspaper: Shuttered coalfield development in West Virginia will be transformed into renewable energy enterprise, 2022
Pix 11 NY: Coal-fired plant imploded in New Jersey for battery array, 2022

[23:39]

West Virginia University, College of Law: WVU law professor explores how West Virginia is missing the clean energy revolution, 2022
The Atlantic: The Green-Energy Culture Wars in Red States, 2022

[24:28]

Chron: Vistra Energy to close two more Texas coal plants, 2017

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FRED Economic Data: All Employees, Coal Mining

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Howden: The Most Dangerous Gases In Mining

Smithsonian Magazine: Edison vs. Westinghouse: A Shocking Rivalry, 2011

IER: History of Electricity

IEEFA: IEEFA U.S. Coal Outlook 2017: Short-Term Gains Muted by Prevailing Weaknesses in Fundamentals, 2017

Center for Public Integrity: The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz , 2009

NRG: Coal - Examining how we use Earth’s oldest resource

Reuters: NRG to restart Texas WA Parish 8 coal unit soon, 2007

United Mine Workers of America: UMWA and clean energy advocates face limits to common ground, setbacks amid infrastructure fight, 2021

CNBC: Murray Energy CEO: Hillary Clinton Has No Coal Plan | Squawk Box | CNBC, 2016 (YouTube video)

Washington Post: As coal jobs disappear, retired miners fight to keep pensions, 2017