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keeping coal in the ground....
Ted's work is always stimulating. He's pointed out earlier that the US coal industry is not so large and could in effect be "bought out."
But I'm uncomfortable with The Nature Conservancy as an example of how to do it. This org is infinitely corrupt and self-serving. Does it preserve land? Yes? But it does so by enabling the agendas of the corporations it sucks up to to get the land. A high price to pay and one that helps defeat many other agendas such as reducing pollution.
How about a public-sector program focused on transitioning the miners and the industry, while leaving the coal in the ground.....? Not easy, I know, but there is just no way to finesse this issue....
Alan Muller
Green DelawareDirector Green Delaware www.greendel.org
On Placing coal reserves into trust status would be a nice gift to our kids' future posted 1 year ago 6 Responses