For people fighting the coal industry's near monopoly on energy production in this country, the past few months have brought  good news. States and policy makers are taking a hard look at the downside to producing energy with polluting fuels and many are saying "no" to new coal fired power plants.

Below are links to several news articles from across the country about people taking on Big Coal.

New York Times     October 23 click here.

Las Vegas Sun      August 18 click here.

New York Times     October 20 click here.

USA Today             October 29 click here.

Washington Post   October 18 click here.

Grist                       October 18 click here.

Grist                       November 5 click here.