Chinese Demand Stokes U.S. Coal Battle

TRINIDAD, Colorado—When the New Elk mine reopened amid windblown prairies last winter, it attracted little attention. But the mine—a long shaft boring through some of the world’s most valuable coal—strikes at the heart of a growing debate about the future of American coal.On one side are advocates of the U.S. coal industry and people living in places like Trinidad, a city in

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