Most Americans don’t realize just how much coal they own. Consider this: coal accounts for two thirds of resources extracted from public lands for electricity generation. And Americans also own most of the Powder River Basin, a region stretching across Wyoming and Montana that accounts for roughly 43 percent of America’s coal. With all that [...]
via ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/25/505809/noncompetitive-coal-leasing-policies-cost-us-taxpayers-29-billion-since-1982/?mobile=nc
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