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Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun
Legislation to protect critical wetlands faces uncertainty as titanium mine moves closer to permitting.
By Drew Kann, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This article originally appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It is republished with permission.
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State of Play
The use of coal, a staple of heating and electricity-generation for decades, is in decline in the United States — supplanted by newly abundant production of natural gas — but is still dominant in some parts of the world. While economical, coal use is particularly problematic as international attention focuses increasingly on climate change.