The War on Coal Is Good For the Economy..And Bad for Coal Miners And The Towns That Depend On Them

In a recent column in Forbes, Richard Green discusses a chart on the private and social costs of electricity generation by source from The Hamilton Project’s strategy paper, “A Strategy for America’s Energy Future: Illuminating Energy’s Full Costs.” In the paper, The Hamilton Project provides four principles for reforming America’s energy policies to help level the playing field for all energy sources — moving away from a system that favors energy sources with lower prices at the pump but higher costs to society through health impacts and our ongoing reliance on foreign oil. To read the full piece, click here.