Rail overload, coal underload

Growing congestion on US railroads due to crude-oil shipments is side-lining coal and worrying power producers nationwide. Lee Buchsbaum reports on the current situation

17 October 2014
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Winter could become a lot colder in the US if power plants continue to run short of coal and scale back on generation.

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