Journalists covering coal (L-Z)
See also: Journalists covering coal (A-K)
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Gitte Laasby
Post-Tribune, glaasby AT post-trib.com
- "Former coal lobbyist tapped for key role at IDEM," May 10, 2009
Martin LaMonica
CNET News, martin.lamonica AT cbs.com
- "Making Solar Cheaper Than Coal," March 6, 2009
John Laumer
TreeHugger
- "Mr. Peabody Goes to China," January 2, 2008
- "Big Coal To America: 'New US Power Plants Not So Important,'" November 7, 2007
- "New Zealand Declares 10-Year Moratorium On Coal Fired Electrity Add-Ons," October 12, 2007
- "Oops...There's Fly-Ash In The Clean Coal Ointment," September 19, 2007
Jessica Lee
The Indypendent, jessica.indypendent AT gmail.com
- "Indigenous Voices Demand Climate Justice," April 25, 2008
Mike Leonard
Herald Times, mleonard AT heraldt.com
- "IU prof knows impact of coal mining," November 15, 2009
Dennis Lien
Pioneer Press, dlien AT pioneerpress.com
- "Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sees rise in mercury levels in northern pike, walleye from state lakes," February 18, 2009
Gar Lipow
Gristmill, garlpublic AT comcast.net
- "A national grid will make renewable electricity work," September 17, 2008
Amanda Griscom Little
grist.com
- "Let's Call the Coal Thing Off," March 9, 2007
Asjylyn Loder
St. Petersburg Times, aloder AT sptimes.com
- "If we don't want coal, what will power us?," St. Petersburg Times, October 7, 2007
- "'Clean' coal? What about the carbon?: TECO's new plant will emit tons of the climate change suspect," St. Petersburg Times, September 29, 2007
Kristen Lombardi
Center for Public Integrity, klombardi AT publicintegrity.org, (202) 481-1208
- "Coal Ash: The Hidden Story," February 19, 2009
Kari Lydersen
Washington Post
- "The Clunkers of the Power Plant World," August 17, 2009
John Lyon
Arkansas News Bureau, jlyon AT arkansasnews.com
- "No new coal plants until technology improves, panel recommends," September 26, 2008
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Alexis Madrigal
Wired, alexis.madrigal AT gmail.com
- "World Coal Reserves Could Be a Fraction of Previous Estimates," December 17, 2008
- "Oil Is Not the Climate Change Culprit -- It's All About Coal," December 17, 2008
Carl Manning
Associated Press
- "Sunflower sues Kan. over coal plant permit denial," November 18, 2008
Mary Manning
Las Vegas Sun, 702-259-4065
- "Second Coal-Fired Plant Project Canceled in Nevada," March 5, 2009
Mike Mansur
Kansas City Star, 816-234-4433, mmansur AT kcstar.com
David Markiewicz
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, dmarkiewicz AT ajc.com
- "2 more co-ops drop out of coal plant group," May 19, 2009
Richard Martin
New West, rmartin AT newwest.net
- “Clean coal still a distant vision,” December 7, 2007
Diane Mastrull
Philadelphia Inquirer, dmastrull AT phillynews.com.
- "In Pa. House, heavy debate over clean-energy bill," August 9, 2009
Bob Matyi
Coal Age (McGraw Hill), 270-827-8145, bobmaty AT roadrunner.com
- "Michigan to require IGCC evaluation for permits in some cases," December 27, 2007
Robert McCabe
Virginia-Pilot, robert.mccabe AT pilotonline.com
- "Indiana town to Chesapeake: Fly-ash battle won’t be easy," October 17, 2008
Robert McClure
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 206-448-8092, rmcclure AT sej.org
- "Environment Could Take a Hit," February 15, 2001
Debra McCown
Bristol Herald Courier, dmccown AT bristolnews.com
- "Final Ruling In Ison Rock Ridge Case To Be Made By Senior U.S. District Judge Glen Williams", October 16, 2008
- "Protesters At Coal Plant Construction Site Arraigned, Free To Leave State Until Hearing", September 17, 2008
- "Permit Process Was A Breeze For Carbo Power Plant", September 7, 2008
- "An End To Mountaintop Removal Mining?", August 11, 2008
- "Environmental Groups Sue To Halt Logging At Future Mine Site", July 31, 2008
- "Largest Coal Mine in the States Idles Operations," March 6, 2009
Michael D. McElwain
The Review, mmcelwain AT reviewonline.com
- "Baard awaiting final air permit," November 18, 2008
Robin McKie
Guardian.co.uk / The Observer, robin.mckie AT guardian.co.uk
Linda McNatt
Virginia-Pilot, linda.mcnatt AT pilotonline.com
- "Residents rally against coal-fired energy plant at meeting," November 24, 2009
Andy Mead
Lexington Herald-Leader, amead AT herald-leader.com
- "Settlement reached in mining suit," May 7, 2009
- "Court hears case on coal plant near Mammoth,", July 29, 2008
Katharine Mieszkowski
salon.com, km AT salon.com
- "The dirty green line," March 23, 2009
Dana Milbank
Washington Post
- "Burned Up About the Other Fossil Fuel," June 24, 2008
Bob Moen
Casper Star-Tribune,
- "USGS revises coal estimate," August 2, 2008
Peter Montague
Rachel's Democracy and Health News, peter AT rachel.org
- "Green Coal?" November 11, 2008
Kate Moran
Times Picayune, kmoran AT timespicayune.com, (504) 826-3491
Mark Morford
SFGate.com, mmorford AT sfgate.com
- "Evil: It's the New Good!," September 10, 2008.
Jim Motavalli
E: The Environmental Magazine, 203-854-5559, ext. 107, jimm AT emagazine.com
- "Once There Was a Mountain," Nov/Dec 2007, Vol. 18, Issue 6
Steve Mufson
Washington Post
- "Power Plant Rejected Over Carbon Dioxide For First Time," October 19, 2007
- "Utility Agrees to Large Settlement, Emissions Cuts, October 9, 2007
- “Coal ‘rush’ faces environmental opposition,” March 12, 2007
- "Coal Industry Plugs Into the Campaign," January 8, 2008.
Bruce Mulliken
Green Energy News, bmulliken AT green-energy-news.com
- "A little bad news, a little good, on climate and energy," September 22, 2007
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Brian Nearing
Times Union, bnearing AT timesunion.com
- "Mercury a concern in eagles," November 30, 2008
- "Fly ash: Culprit at Lafarge?" October 26, 2008
- "Spelling out global warming costs" October 24, 2008
Margaret Newkirk
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, mnewkirk AT ajc.com
- "Bill would restrict coal power plants," February 4, 2009
- "Judge rules for new coal plant in S. Georgia," January 13, 2008
- "Environmentalists lose bid to stop coal plant," January 11, 2008
Bruce Nichols
Reuters (US)
- "Weak economy could curb Obama coal cleanup plan", November 19, 2008
- "US coal exports to drop 15 pct in 2009-analysts", November 18, 2008
- "US met coal outlook better than feared - experts", November 13, 2008
- "Illinois coal a potential US export star - exec", November 12, 2008
- "US coal imports slowed but not stopped - experts", November 12, 2008
- "Sour economy to slow coal industry mergers: analyst", November 12, 2008
David Nicklaus
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, dnicklaus AT post-dispatch.com
- "Boyce makes $11.95 million as Peabody CEO," March 26, 2009.
Mark Niquette
Columbus Dispatch, mniquette AT dispatch.com
- "Coal plant to reinvent itself with cleaner fuel," April 2, 2009.
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Jim Offner
WCFCourier.com, (319) 291-1598, jim.offner AT wcfcourier.com.
- "Opposition to coal heats up in US," December 7, 2008
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Anne Paine
The Tennessean, apaine AT tennessean.com
- "Vanderbilt University keeps its coal plant," October 13, 2009
Molly Parker
Charleston Regional Business Journal, mparker AT scbiznews.com
- "Santee Cooper board suspends coal plant plans," August 24, 2009
Judy Pasternak
Los Angeles Times, judy.pasternak AT latimes.com
- "Coal is no longer on the front burner," January 18, 2008
- "The politics of coal," January 18, 2008
- "Global warming has a new battleground: coal plants," April 14, 2008
Daniel Person
Bozeman Daily Chronicle, dperson AT dailychronicle.com
- "Phillips tapped to help White House on climate bill," October 23, 2009
Mark Peters
Dow Jones wire service, mark.peters AT dowjones.com 212-416-2457 covers the U.S. power and coal industries and environmental markets
- "US Coal-Fired Generation Booms, And Busts", March 25, 2010.
Stephen Power
Wall Street Journal stephen.power AT wsj.com
- "Kansan stokes energy squabble with coal ruling," March 19, 2008
- "Coalfields turn into battlefields," April 14, 2008
Karl Puckett
"Great Falls Tribune," 791-1471, 800-438-6600 or kpuckett AT greatfallstribune.com
- Ruling could spell trouble for coal plants," November 13, 2008
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Steve Raabe
Denver Post, 303-954-1948, sraabe AT denverpost.com
- “'Clean coal' plant setbacks mount in U.S.," November 1, 2007
Enrique Rangel
Lubbock Online, enrique.rangel AT morris.com
Andrew Revkin
New York Times, anrevk AT nytimes.com
- "The enduring allure of 'Clean Coal'", New York Times, August 29, 2008.
Ry Rivard
Charleston Daily Mail, ry.rivard AT dailymail.com
- "Coal truck protesters hail from all over the place," October 23, 2009.
Jonathan Rivoli
Bismarck Tribune, jonathan.rivoli AT bismarcktribune.com
- "Senate hearing tackles carbon issue," March 28, 2008
David Roberts
Grist, droberts AT grist.org
- "An unusually interesting discussion of 'clean coal'," April 21, 2008
David Robinson
Buffalo News, drobinson AT buffnews.com
- "Power costs cloud outlook for coal plant, July 5, 2009
Lisa Roner
Ethical Corporation, Lisa.Roner AT ethicalcorp.com
- "Climate change – Principled banking," April 11, 2008
Elisabeth Rosenthal
New York Times, elrose AT nytimes.com
- "Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms On Climate,", April 23, 2008
Ken Ross
The Republican, kross AT repub.com
- "French firm to purchase Holyoke power plant," September 3, 2008
Mike Ruben
State Journal (West Virginia), mruben AT statejournal.com
- "Coal Counties Endure New Generation of Mine Wars," July 30, 2009
Beth Gorczyca Ryan
State Journal, bgorczyca AT statejournal.com
- "Coal company works to comply with laws," March 9, 2006
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Sid Salter
Clarion Ledger, ssalter AT clarionledger.com
- "Proposed Kemper County 'clean' coal plant: Why opponents object," October 11, 2009
Michelle Saxton
Charleston Daily Mail, michelle.saxton AT dailymail.com
- "Another pro-coal group enters the energy debate," August 20, 2009
Mark Schleifstein
Times-Picayune, 504-826-3327, mschleifstein AT timespicayune.com
- "Entergy Corp. proposes strategy for curbing emissions," October 3, 2008
Renee Schoof
McClatchy Newspapers
- "EPA won't loosen air-pollution standards for coal plants," December 10, 2008
Elana Schor
Guardian.co.uk, elana.schor AT guardian.co.uk
Cameron Scott
The Thin Blue Line, SFGate.org, 415.203.3645, cameronscot AT gmail.com
- "Snowed: just a third of Americans accept climate change," April 18, 2009
- "The Coal War," January 19, 2009
Bob Secter
Chicago Tribune, bsecter AT tribune.com
- Illinois Lands Clean Coal Plant December 18, 2007
Tina Seeley
Bloomberg.com, tseeley AT bloomberg.net
- "Coal’s Environmental Damage Costs U.S. $62 Billion," October 19, 2009
Beth Sergent
Pomeroy Daily Sentinel
- "Obama hears case for AMP in Meigs," April 9, 2010.
Samieh Shalash
Daily Press, sshalash AT dailypress.com
- "Hampton University seeking grant for geothermal system to replace coal-burning steam plants," May 26, 2009
Stephen Shankland
Green Tech, stephen.shankland AT cnet.com
- "Google CEO: How to fix the U.S. energy problem," October 1, 2008
Carolyn Shapiro
Virginian-Pilot, carolyn.shapiro AT pilotonline.com
- "Report claims new coal plant will lead to higher rates," April 27, 2009
Dennis Sherer
Times Daily, dennis.sherer AT timesdaily.com
- "Emissions bill up in the air," November 23, 2009
Ted Sickinger
The Oregonian, 503-221-8505, tedsickinger AT news.oregonian.com
- "PacifiCorp labels coal a no-go for new plant," December 7, 2007
Diane Silver
Syndicated columnist, dsswriter AT sunflower.com
Bob Sloan
Novelist and commentator, bobsloan60 AT yahoo.com
- website: Bob Sloan's Sampler
- blog: Buncha Stories
- address: 110 Baldwin Road, Morehead KY 40351
- telephone: (606) 784-3140
- "Coal industry's models of success are just false fronts," Lexington Herald Leader, August 8, 2005
- "Moving Mountains: The Human Costs of Our Coal Economy," Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2007
Mark Sommer
The Buffalo News, msommer AT buffnews.com
- "Shift in Jamestown ‘clean coal’ plans decried, lauded," August 14, 2009
Kim Smith
The Herald News, 815-729-6067, ksmith AT scn1.com
- "Coal-burning power plant extinguished," January 4, 2008
Rebecca Smith
Wall Street Journal, rebecca.smith@wsj.com
- "U.S. foresees a thinner cushion of coal," June 8, 2009
Vivian Song
Toronto Sun, vivian.song AT sunmedia.ca
Elizabet Souder
Dallas Morning News, esouder AT dallasnews.com
- "TXU buyer, coal critics meet," March 9, 2007
- "Efforts to gain OK for coal plants suspended," March 2, 2007
Rex Springston
Richmond Times-Dispatch, rspringston AT timesdispatch.com
- "UPDATE: Judge strikes down permit for Wise County power plant," August 11, 2009
Kathy Still
Bristol Herald Courier, 276-679-1338, kstill AT bristolnews.com
Chuck Stinnett
Henderson (KY) Gleaner, 270-831-8343, cstinnett AT thegleaner.com
- "More than coal: Engineer says Kentucky must broaden its search for new energy sources," January 4, 2008
Jake Stump
Charleston Daily Mail, jakestump AT dailymail.com
- "Manchin to tout coal-to-liquid plants in address," January 8, 2008
Susan Sturgis
Institute for Southern Studies' Facing South blog, suesturgis AT raleigheconews.com
- "Judge halts Ga. coal plant over climate concerns," July 1, 2008
- "13 arrested during protest over Va. coal plant," June 30, 2008
- "The N.Y. Times' early Valentine to Duke Energy CEO," June 27, 2008
Brian K. Sullivan
Bloomberg.com, bsullivan10 AT bloomberg.net
- "Increased Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Will Kill More People," January 3, 2008
Phoebe Sweet
Las Vegas Sun, phoebe.sweet AT lasvegassun.com, 702-259-4127
- "Up in Smoke," November 15, 2008
Robert Swift
Scranton Times-Tribune, rswift AT timesshamrock.com
- "Clinton stokes Pa. coal," April 9, 2009
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Jim Tankersley
LA Times, jtankersley AT latimes.com
- "EPA commits to set air pollution rules by 2011," October 24, 2009
- "G-20 leaders pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies," September 26, 2009
Steven Tetreault
Stephens Media, 202-783-1760, STetreault AT stephensmedia.com
- "Reid getting tougher on coal," December 7, 2007, with John G. Edwards
- "Reid's views on warming fire up critics," October 25, 2007
Peter Thomson
National Public Radio's "Living on Earth," 617-983-2327
Kathleen Thurber
Midland Reporter-Telegram, kthurber AT mrt.com
- "Officials say they hope FutureGen efforts not wasted, Working for bid from energy company for similar plant," April 16, 2008
Nick Timiraos
Wall Street Journal, nick.timiraos AT wsj.com
- "Coalfields turn into battlefields," April 14, 2008
Jeffrey Tomich
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, JTomich AT post-dispatch.com
- "Peabody pursuing mine, coal plant in China," October 2, 2008
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Ian Urbina
New York Times, urbina AT nytimes.com
- "US fines mine owner $20 million for pollution," January 18, 2008
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Jeremy van Loon
Bloomberg, jvanloon AT bloomberg.net
- "Arctic’s 2,000-Year Cooling Ended With Coal Burning, Ice Shows ," Bloomberg, September 3, 2009
John Vidal
The Guardian, john.vidal AT guardian.co.uk
- "Billions wasted on UN climate programme: Energy firms routinely abusing carbon offset fund, US studies claim," May 26, 2008
María Villaseñor
Salt Lake Tribune, mariav AT sltrib.com
- "Residents ready to rally for power plant moratorium," February 19, 2009
Kelsey Volkmann
St. Louis Business Journal, kvolkmann AT bizjournals.com
- "Patriot Coal to idle more mines," April 2, 2009
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Breanne Wagner
National Defense, bwagner AT ndia.org
Matt Wald
New York Times, mattwald AT nytimes.com
- "Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention," September 21, 2009
Bryan Walsh
TIME magazine
- "Taking on King Coal," November 5, 2008
Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette, kward AT wvgazette.com 304-348-1702
- "Americans oppose mountaintop removal, according to poll" October 23, 2008
- "Chambers will hear mountaintop removal permit case" October 22, 2008
- "Coal company wants judge off mine case" October 16, 2008
- "'Clean coal' policies absent, GAO finds" October 2, 2008
- "CONSOL to pay $400,000 for water violations" September 30, 2008
- "W.Va. favors alternative energy, poll shows" September 26, 2008
- "Obama, McCain try to top 'clean coal' promise" September 24, 2008
- "Another mining permit challenged" September 23, 2008
Ron Way
MinnPost.com, rway AT minnpost.com
- "Big Stone II project faces increasing scrutiny," April 29, 2008
Andrew Wheat
Texans for Public Justice, 512-472-9770
- "Laura Miller's Carbon Admission," June 13, 2008
Timothy B. Wheeler
Baltimore Sun, 410-409-3469, tim.wheeler AT baltsun.com
- "Md. requires liners, runoff systems at coal ash sites," November 25, 2008
Carolyn Whetzel
BNA, 909-793-1430, cwhetzel AT bna.com
- "California Lawmakers Approve Legislation Allowing Implementation of Solar Energy Initiative," August 23, 2006
Daniel Whitten
Bloomberg, dwhitten2 AT bloomberg.net
- "EPA’s Carbon Decision Gives Obama Copenhagen Tool," December 7, 2009
Allison T. Williams
Daily Press, atwilliams AT dailypress.com
- "Dendron to decide coal plant's fate," July 13, 2009
Dave Williams
Albany Herald, dave.williams AT albanyherald.com
- "Activists may appeal power plant ruling," January 12, 2008
Janet Wilson
Los Angeles Times, janet.wilson AT latimes.com
- "On D.C.'s burner: Coal at the pumps," May 10, 2007
Mark Wilson
The Evansville Courier Press, 812-464-5663, mwilson AT evansville.net
- "Duke plant support lines up," December 21, 2007
- "Power plant opponents to boycott hearing," December 20, 2007
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Jeff Young
Public Radio International's "Living on Earth," 202/554-0644, jyoung AT loe.org
Nikki Younk
Iron Mountain Daily News, nyounk AT ironmountaindailynews.com
- "Electric Rates to Jump," July 3, 2009
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Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
- "Global warming activists urge U.S. emissions cuts," April 14, 2007
