Peabody defends Asian coal shipments in West Coast port battle
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Joel Kirkland
E&E News
March 02, 2011
"We can't focus on developing clean energy as just a green hood ornament for the big Humvee of the fossil fuel economy," said Ross Macfarlane, a senior adviser at Climate Solutions.
Peabody Energy's plan to export U.S. coal to Asia through a proposed West Coast terminal drew praise from Wall Street analysts yesterday, but critics assailed it for potentially adding to China's coal pollution and carbon emissions.
