Coal? Yes, Coal

Never mind global warming. Peabody Energy CEO Gregory Boyce is betting big on the dirty fuel's durability

As evidence of global warming mounts, companies everywhere are going green. But not Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU ) Gregory H. Boyce, chief executive of the world's biggest coal company, is one of the few prominent opponents of climate regulation whose position hasn't softened one bit in recent months. Asked in March whether high levels of CO2 in the air are harmful, Boyce said: "I think the simple answer is we don't know." Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
3.8
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

This was an informative piece about the the prospects and challenges for the coal industry. Not a fair article in that space wasn't given to the cited coal power critics (MIT professors) to explain why they think the future of coal is bleak.

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