First we take a look at the state of the coal industry in the u. S. Inones, Deputy Editor of environment and energy news. Lets talk about the rock itself. What are the main types of coal that our mind in United States that are mined in the United States . Guest you have endocyte coal in pennsylvania anthracite coal in pennsylvania. Then you have a type of coal it is moregnite brown, has less energy. It is still used, especially in north dakota. There is a plant in mississippi that now wants to use lignite coal. It ranges. Host you talk about the ranges of coal. What kind of mines are there in the United States . Guest many people assume all coal plants many are used to make iron and steel. Mines are for that etal how much countries are developing how much steel we need to make buildings. Host Manuel Quinones is our first guest this morning. Special phone lines today. We want to hear your comments coal miners and family members of coal miners, 2027488001. Otherwise, lines are split up r
District runs along ohio. I want to ask you about coal Miners Health benefits. We are coming off a week in which the on the this spending bill omnibus spending included provisions on Health Benefits. Wisely government involved in Health Benefits for coal miners why is the government involved in Health Benefits for coal miners . Guest we have to be. These were benefits promised to call miners. The coal industry, as you heard mr. Murray talk about, has kept the lights on and heating in the winter and airconditioning in the summer. Its the least we can do to make sure they can get the benefits they have earned from the career that they put into in the coal mining industry. The coal miners protection a ct, very important legislation, and i was glad to see we got that done. We kept about 22,000 coal miners from losing their Health Benefits coul and that was very important. I think we did the right thing. Host another piece of legislation you supported was the effort to repeal the stream pro
First we take a look at the state of the coal industry in the u. S. Inones, Deputy Editor of environment and energy news. Lets talk about the rock itself. What are the main types of coal that our mind in United States that are mined in the United States . Guest you have endocyte coal in pennsylvania anthracite coal in pennsylvania. Then you have a type of coal it is moregnite brown, has less energy. It is still used, especially in north dakota. There is a plant in mississippi that now wants to use lignite coal. It ranges. Host you talk about the ranges of coal. What kind of mines are there in the United States . Guest many people assume all coal plants many are used to make iron and steel. Mines are for that etal how much countries are developing how much steel we need to make buildings. Host Manuel Quinones is our first guest this morning. Special phone lines today. We want to hear your comments coal miners and family members of coal miners, 2027488001. Otherwise, lines are split up r
District runs along ohio. I want to ask you about coal Miners Health benefits. We are coming off a week in which the on the this spending bill omnibus spending included provisions on Health Benefits. Wisely government involved in Health Benefits for coal miners why is the government involved in Health Benefits for coal miners . Guest we have to be. These were benefits promised to call miners. The coal industry, as you heard mr. Murray talk about, has kept the lights on and heating in the winter and airconditioning in the summer. Its the least we can do to make sure they can get the benefits they have earned from the career that they put into in the coal mining industry. The coal miners protection a ct, very important legislation, and i was glad to see we got that done. We kept about 22,000 coal miners from losing their Health Benefits coul and that was very important. I think we did the right thing. Host another piece of legislation you supported was the effort to repeal the stream pro
Capitol hill studio by the Deputy Editor of the provincial energy news from the coal industry is in the United States what are the main types of coal mined in the United States . You to go from black to brown song that is mined in eastern pennsylvania is the not as much now. And then that type that is used for power plants than the type that is more brown and has less ability to produce energy but it is used in north dakota lot so that ranges to their different based and what part of the country. You talk about their ranges of coal talk about the mines. A lot of people assume all coal mines are power plants. But there are a lot of minds and there is the big marketlants for our metallurgical coal you estimate coal and steel and iron. A lot of the exports of overseas are for that metallurgical coal. It is and the power plant regulations but how much countries are developing and how much steel bidi to build there is speculation is our today our guest this morning should note that as we ta