WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress released the report “Coal-Fired Conflict: Enabling Exports Clouds Environmental and Economic Goals,” by Kate Gordon and Tom Kenworthy. The report details the escalating battle over proposals to construct coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest, the Obama administration’s leases of large tracts in the West for coal mining, and the important questions that these issues have raised about the use of coal…






