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Coal Is the New Bridge Fuel

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Coal Is the New Bridge Fuel
More than 700 people, including 550 miners, working at Iron Senergy's Cumberland coal mine and processing plant near Waynesburg in Greene County, were recently shaken by reports—denied by the company—that the site could close in a few years. John Haughey/The Epoch Times
Bernard L. Weinstein
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Once again, the consensus of government and private weather forecasters is that this coming summer will witness above-average temperatures in most parts of the United States. Already, warnings have been sounded that America’s power grids will be under great stress—as has been the case for a number of years—with a strong probability of blackouts and brownouts in some parts of the country. For example, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) summer reliability assessment published on May 18 cited the 15-state Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) as the regional grid most likely to see a meltdown this summer.
Bernard L. Weinstein
Bernard L. Weinstein
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Bernard L. Weinstein, Ph.D., is retired associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute at Southern Methodist University, professor emeritus of applied economics at the University of North Texas, and a fellow of Goodenough College, London.