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"We don't see this as a renaissance of coal, " says Milton Catelin, head of the World Coal Association.
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The China National Coal Association expects demand to grow by 4-6% in 2010 and the coal consumption to expand to roughly 3.4 billion tonnes.
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The World Coal Association (WCA), a trade body for the industry, said that burning coal account for about 24% of global mercury emissions and the use of "adequate technologies" could reduce emissions of the metal from coal-fired power stations by up to 90%.
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Adams, executive director of the American Coal Ash Association.
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If you are the Chamber of Commerce, the National Rifle Association, Big Oil, or Big Coal, prepare to take your lumps.
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There's also a fine showing from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Chemistry Council, the Alliance for Food and Energy (whose members include Archer Daniels Midland and the Renewable Fuels Association), an alliance of utilities supporting clean coal, and nice props for nuclear power from California Senator Barbara Boxer, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and House Majority Whip James Clyburn.
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By comparison, the coal mining industry in all of Appalachia employs 31, 000 people, says the National Mining Association.
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