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The Cost of Flipping that Light Switch

                   
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May 17, 2008
        
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While the rising price of oil is quickly reflected in the dollars flowing into your gas tank, there's another energy source that's going up even faster than oil. In fact, the price has gone is up 100% in less than a year. Benchmark prices for some grades of electricity-generating steam coal are... [read full story]                    

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Patriot forms venture to produce coal for steelmaking

 stltoday.com May 20, 2008
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Why Investors Worship Old King Coal (at Seeking Alpha)

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Patriot forms venture to produce coal for steelmaking

stltoday.com
May 20, 2008
        

Capitalizing on soaring prices for fuel used in steel making, Patriot Coal Corp. is forming a joint venture in central Appalachia that will produce as much as 500,000 tons of so-called metallurgical coal. Creve Coeur-based Patriot, the company spun off from Peabody Energy Corp. in the fall, said...

Patriot Coal Signs Joint Venture Agreement to Develop Metallurgical Coal Reserves (PR Newswire)

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May 19, 2008
        

ST. LOUIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX - News ) today announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement to develop certain metallurgical coal reserves in Central Appalachia. In accordance with the agreement, Patriot holds a 49% interest in Rhino...

Ontario coal plants told to cut emissions

pennnet.com
May 19, 2008
        

A directive issued by the Ontario government ordered Ontario Power Generation to cut coal emission levels to two-thirds below 2003 levels by 2011. Energy Minister Gerry Phillips said emissions of greenhouse gases from the coal plants must be 11.5 megatonnes in 2011, down from 34.5 megatonnes in...

                   

Why Investors Worship Old King Coal (at Seeking Alpha)

yahoo.com
May 18, 2008
        

by: Edward Silver posted on: May 18, 2008 | about stocks: Coal producers are riding high for an industry that a growing throng of Americans wish would just go away. Year to date, shares of Arch Coal Inc. are up 41%. "Utilities know there will be some kind of legislation and a carbon-capture...