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
LONGVIEW Cowlitz County’s economy was first built on logging and timber exports, then paper mills and other manufacturing, so the apparent decline in fossil fuel-based projects is a concern for some and a cause for celebration for others.
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