Coal States

NB I have added a couple states from toxic 20, but mostly match either states that mine and burn coal

==<a href="https://www.alternet.org/2021/05/west-virginia-coal-mines/">https://www.alternet.org/2021/05/west-virginia-coal-mines/</a>salonon Earth Day this year, as President Biden assembled world leaders to a climate summit to focus on a "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/04/23/us/earth-day-climate-summit-biden?" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">clean energy future</a>," retired <a href="https://billmoyers.com/story/let-us-now-praise-coal-miner-chuck-nelson-american-hero/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">coal miner Chuck Nelson</a> hunkered down in the green hills of West Virginia, recovering from a recent stroke and with one remaining kidney, as thousands of tons of explosives from mountaintop removal strip mining operations detonated nearby with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&feature=youtu.be&v=vTb9Bm2otxE&fbclid=IwAR2G8elsnYUPt75OH-bpy5XV4BmEh72Nzam8_5ADdvoiUdK46i9O4NT5ots" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">toxic haze of coal dust</a>.Yes, Greta (Thunberg), we still <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/powerful-new-film-captures-big-coals-enduring-trauma-1882095425.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">blow up mountains</a> in the United States to mine deadly coal.While coal mining has decreased dramatically in recent years, <a href="https://appvoices.org/2021/01/26/mining-on-coal-river-mountain/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">state permits for reckless mountaintop removal operations</a> by absentee corporations, which involve only small numbers of non-union heavy equipment operators and explosives, in contrast to labor-intensive underground mines, continue to be doled out in central Appalachia in a desperate attempt to shake down the region for a final coal tattoo.In fact, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection celebrated Earth Day by rubber-stamping a <a href="https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_and_environment/dep-approves-raleigh-county-surface-mine-application-despite-health-and-environmental-concerns/article_13aa2a95-df75-5682-ac92-b4bb871ff4c3.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">new strip-mining permit </a>for an out-of-state coal company, slated to destroy 1,085 acres of forested ridges and wreak havoc for neighboring communities for the next eight years, despite <a href="https://reckoninginappalachia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">decades of protest </a>by local citizens and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/12/13/787416262/michael-hendryx-how-is-health-in-mining-communities-affected-by-mountaintop-remo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">reams of shocking health studies</a> on <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4224494/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">heightened cancer</a>, heart and<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935111001484" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"> birth defect</a> rates associated with mountaintop removal mining dust.The <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/blood-on-the-mountain-new_b_7443652" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">endless war</a> on the central Appalachian mountains continues. Needlessly, we should add."Millions of acres of Appalachian mountains have been permanently destroyed, and thousands of miles of streams have been permanently buried," emailed Nelson, whose wife died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2019. "With a flow of permits being processed right now, thousands more acres are planned to be wiped away forever. As devastating as mountaintop removal mining is to our majestic mountains, and the people's health impacts, only 3% of it is for electrical demand — only 3%. Mountaintop removal mining goes against everything we're fighting for in trying to deal with the climate crisis. These are criminal acts carried out by criminal enterprises."Instead of recognizing the<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/spare-me-your-coal-requie_b_9517424.html" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"> century-old legacy of ruin in coal country</a>, from Appalachia to Alaska and 20-odd states and several First Nations in between — including an enduring array of abandoned mines, dangerous coal slurry impoundments, fraudulent "reclamation" projects, <a href="https://today.duke.edu/2020/04/selenium-pollution-mountaintop-mining" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">polluted waterways</a>, desperate black lung victims, and gutted and sick communities with few economic options — the Biden administration risks falling into the trap of outdated policies.Two days after Earth Day applause, the Department of Energy <a href="https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-1095-million-support-jobs-and-economic-growth-coal-and-power-plant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">quietly awarded millions of dollars</a> "to boost the economic potential of coal and power plant communities," and subsidize "critical mineral extraction from coal and associated waste streams," as well as widely debunked <a href="https://reneweconomy.com.au/carbon-captures-litany-of-failures-laid-bare-in-new-report/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">carbon capture and storage</a> schemes.Listen here: <a href="https://grist.org/article/biggers-to-obama-free-appalachia-from-coal/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Advocates in coal country have been calling for a Green New Deal since 2008</a> — and a<a href="https://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/editorial/guest/biggers-time-for-coalfields-regeneration-fund/article_9c8ff3fb-d0fb-56a0-b5ba-71ade2aa3d93.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"> coalfields regeneration fund</a> for everyone in coal mining communities, not simply the out-of-state companies, and not just throwing out a few job training opportunities for the dwindling ranks of largely non-union miners.If the Biden administration and Congress truly want to build back better, they should have passed the <a href="https://theallianceforappalachia.org/reclaim-blacklung/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">RECLAIM ACT years ago</a>, simply to start the process of reclaiming and reinvesting in all mining regions. And they should now double down on the commitment and make the Appalachian region, like all extraction zones from the Illinois Basin to the Navajo Nation to the Powder River Basin, a showcase for a clean energy economy, not a backwoods of denial.If the Biden administration and Congress want to end the war on Appalachia, they should simply pass the <a href="https://yarmuth.house.gov/press/yarmuth-again-moves-halt-mountaintop-removal-mining-permits-until-health-effects-studied" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, </a>which calls for a moratorium on such devastating operations until a basic health study is completed.This is one of the most shameless realities in regulation: One of the Trump administration's first acts was to cancel a long-term health study on the impacts of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/21/trump-administration-halted-a-study-of-mountaintop-coal-minings-health-effects/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">mountaintop removal mining</a>.The sad truth is that this humanitarian and environmental <a href="https://yarmuth.house.gov/press/yarmuth-again-moves-halt-mountaintop-removal-mining-permits-until-health-effects-studied" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">crisis</a> has been a federally sanctioned disaster since Jimmy Carter begrudgingly<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-carters-next-urgent_b_240624." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;"> signed </a>the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act in 1977, complaining that it would allow "the mining companies to cut off the tops of Appalachian mountains to reach entire seams of coal."Let's repeat that phrase, "cut off the tops of Appalachian mountains" — as in the tops of more than 500 <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mountaintop-removal-moratorium-now-campaign_b_895472" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">mountains for over a half-century</a>, literally clear-cutting deciduous forests and the region's ancient carbon sink, blowing ridges into oblivion with explosives and dumping the toxic remains and pulverized heavy metals in polluted streams, and ravaging the lives of citizens considered collateral damage, along with everything else in the way.It doesn't have to be like this. Last month, Canadian government officials reversed their own 45-year policy for open-pit coal mining, <a href="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cp-newsalert-alberta-reinstates-1976-180116869.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">admitting</a>, "We didn't get this one right."It's time for Biden and Congress to get this one right in Appalachia and all mining communities.Just listen to Vernon Haltom, director of <a href="https://www.crmw.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Coal River Mountain Watch</a>, based in the frontline extraction zones of West Virginia, not in Washington, an organization that deserves as much support as possible:<blockquote style="margin: 1em 40px 1em -5px; border-left: 4px solid rgb(11, 13, 101); line-height: 32px; padding: 10px 20px 10px 24px; width: 602.543px; background: rgb(245, 245, 245);">With millions of Americans seriously ill or dead from the COVID pandemic, the stockholders and executives of Alpha Metallurgical Resources have no qualms about filling the air in Appalachian communities with carcinogenic blasting dust. Their enablers at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection have no qualms about rubber stamping new and renewed mountaintop removal permits, "just following the law" to sentence innocent people to death and misery. People like WVDEP permit supervisor Laura Claypool face no negative consequences for their actions, apparently not even remorse, but the people face the consequences of death. How do they sleep at night? It's not as if they don't know about the dozens of peer-reviewed health studies demonstrating that mountaintop removal is a deadly public health threat. No, they sleep soundly in the comfort of a steady job doing the coal barons' bidding. The WVDEP has made it personal by approving the death of friends and family like Judy Bonds, Larry Gibson and Joanne Webb, so they shouldn't be surprised if we make it personal about their cold, inhumane decisions. But since they've proven their incapacity for basic human decency, we need the Appalachian Communities Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, H.R. 2073 in this U.S. Congress, to protect the people.
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    facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper 
    management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion 
    of coal and other fossil fuels; to the Committee on Environment 
    and Public Works.

By Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Baucus, Mr. McConnell, Mr.

Kohl, Mr. Portman, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Blunt,

Mr. Warner, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Moran, Mrs.

McCaskill, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Toomey, Mr.

Nelson of Florida, Mr. Graham, Mr. Casey, Mr. Thune, Mr. Webb, and Mr.

Hatch), S5977 [2AU]

Cosponsors added, S6457 [19SE], S6948 [27NO]</pre>

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State-by-State_Guide_to_Information_on_Coal_in_the_United_States">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State-by-State_Guide_to_Information_on_Coal_in_the_United_States</a>

To find state-by-state information on existing coal plants, proposed coal plants, mines, citizen groups working on coal issues, power companies and agencies, click on the map below.

</map><img src="/a3b9b8a7-d5fc-5fea-abe9-02a267775c6c.png"/>

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<h2>Related resources</h2>

Existing, Proposed, and Cancelled Coal Plants

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Proposed_coal_plants_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Proposed coal plants in the United States">Proposed coal plants in the U.S.</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_plants_cancelled_in_2007" title="Coal plants cancelled in 2007">Coal plants cancelled in 2007</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_plants_cancelled_in_2008" title="Coal plants cancelled in 2008">Coal plants cancelled in 2008</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_plants_cancelled_in_2009" title="Coal plants cancelled in 2009">Coal plants cancelled in 2009</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_plants_cancelled_in_2010" title="Coal plants cancelled in 2010">Coal plants cancelled in 2010</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_plants_cancelled_in_2011" title="Coal plants cancelled in 2011">Coal plants cancelled in 2011</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_plants_cancelled_in_2012" title="Coal plants cancelled in 2012">Coal plants cancelled in 2012</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Existing_U.S._Coal_Plants" title="Existing U.S. Coal Plants">Existing U.S. Coal Plants</a></li>

</ul>

Citizen Activism

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Citizen_groups_working_on_coal_issues" title="Citizen groups working on coal issues">Citizen groups working on coal issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_Activist_Videos" title="Coal Activist Videos">Coal Activist Videos</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nonviolent_direct_actions_against_coal" title="Nonviolent direct actions against coal">Nonviolent direct actions against coal</a></li>

</ul>

Research

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Articles_on_coal" title="Articles on coal">List of coal-related articles in the CoalSwarm wiki</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_Issues_Calendar" title="Coal Issues Calendar">Coal Issues Calendar</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coal_Studies" title="Coal Studies">Coal Studies</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Testimony_on_proposed_coal_plants" title="Testimony on proposed coal plants" class="mw-redirect">Testimony on proposed coal plants</a></li>

</ul>

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<div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>:

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Coal_Issues" title="Category:Coal Issues">Coal Issues</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Energy" title="Category:Energy">Energy</a></li>

</ul>

</div>

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That’s the conclusion of <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/air/toxic-power-presentation.asp">a report out today</a> from the Natural Resources Defense Council ranking the “Toxic 20” states in terms of pollution from coal- and air-fired power plants.

Wondering if your state is on the list?  Starting with the worst, here it is:

<ol>

<li>Kentucky</li>

<li>Pennsylvania</li>

<li>Indiana</li>

<li>West Virginia</li>

<li>Florida</li>

<li>Michigan</li>

<li>North Carolina</li>

<li>Georgia</li>

<li>Texas</li>

<li>Tennessee</li>

<li>Virginia</li>

<li>South Carolina</li>

<li>Alabama</li>

<li>Missouri</li>

<li>Illinois</li>

<li>Mississippi</li>

<li>Wisconsin</li>

<li>Maryland</li>

<li>Delaware </li>

</ol>

If there is a silver lining in this pollution-choked cloud, it is the good news in the “Toxic 20�� report: There was a 19 percent drop in all air toxics emitted from power plants in 2010 compared to the previous year. The bad news is that some in Congress are trying to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from getting the rest of the job done to further reduce the <a href="http://www.epa.gov/mats/health.html">death, disease and economic losses from power plant pollution</a>.

As my colleague, John Walke, NRDC’s clean air director, points out:

Toxic pollution is already being reduced as a result of EPA’s health-protecting standards.  Thanks to the agency��s latest safeguards, millions of children and their families in the states hardest hit by toxic air pollution from power plants will be able to breathe easier … But these protections are threatened because polluters are intent on persuading future Congresses or presidential administrations to repeal them.”

</blockquote>

Here’s a good example of what John is concerned about: EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics standards (MATs) would slash mercury air pollution beginning in 2015 by 79 percent from 2010 levels.  The U.S. House passed a bill to gut them last year; but a similar measure in June failed in the Senate.

What about in the higher Congressional chamber, where reason is supposed to prevail?  Many U.S. Senators from the “Toxic 20” were not exactly profiles in courage.

Both senators from eight states of the “Toxic 20” states -- Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi -- supported a resolution by Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., to repeal the health-protective mercury and air toxics standard.

On the other hand, some states are represented by two Senators who are willing to stand up for our health: Both senators from three states: Michigan, Maryland and Delaware voted against repealing the mercury standard. Senators from the remaining nine states out of our twenty split their votes for and against.

Based on the mixed performance of our elected officials when it comes to <a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/the_price_of_pollution_politic.html">pandering to polluters at the expense of constituents</a>, I am now rethinking the concept of the pollution Olympics.   Perhaps a whole new category – the toxic mercury medal – should be reserved for U.S. senators who make themselves the teammates of the dirtiest and most toxic polluters in the nation.

P.S. Here's the new analysis:  <a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/toxic_power_the_20_most_expose.html"> http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/toxic_power_the_20_most_expose.html</a>

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States that produce or depend on coal for power:

Produce:

<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><th>State

</th><th>Tons

(billions)</th><th>Percent

of U.S.</th></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Montana</td><td>120</td><td>25.4</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Illinois</td><td>78</td><td>16.5</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Wyoming</td><td>68</td><td>14.4</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">West Virginia</td><td>37</td><td>8.0</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Kentucky</td><td>30</td><td>6.3</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Pennsylvania</td><td>29</td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Ohio</td><td>19</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Colorado</td><td>17</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Texas</td><td>13</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Indiana</td><td>10</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">Other States</td><td>51</td><td>10.9</td></tr><tr align="right"><td align="left">TOTAL</td><td>472</td><td>100.0</td></tr></tbody></table>

<h2>State-by-State Capacity and Output</h2>

Here's a sortable table of U.S. states, ranked by the total amount of electricity each state produced from coal in 2005. To sort the table, click on a column header.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S._Coal_Plants#cite_note-EIA_existing-0" title="">[1]</a>

<table id="sortable_table_id_0" class="wikitable sortable"><tbody><tr><th>Rank  <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S.Coal_Plants#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><img src="/e9d63cf0-91f6-5c2e-b979-8203a949bf9e.gif"/></a></th><th width="100">State  <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S.Coal_Plants#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><img src="/f2369492-c9c3-5159-a9c2-e173a3e3b928.gif"/></a></th><th width="50"># of Plants�� <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S.Coal_Plants#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><img src="/c0402092-6886-5afe-8ae9-9bed972348fc.gif"/></a></th><th>Total Capacity (MW)  <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S.Coal_Plants#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><img src="/8914465f-ffb8-5103-a2ef-b256300fcc74.gif"/></a></th><th>2005 Power Prod. (GWh)  <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S.Coal_Plants#" class="sortheader" onclick="ts_resortTable(this);return false;"><img src="/fedb3db1-36fa-51f4-b075-5674b8a04af1.gif"/></a></th></tr><tr><th align="right">1</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Texas_and_coal" title="Texas and coal">Texas</a></td><td align="right">20</td><td align="right">21,238</td><td align="right">148,759</td></tr><tr><th align="right">2</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ohio_and_coal" title="Ohio and coal">Ohio</a></td><td align="right">35</td><td align="right">23,823</td><td align="right">137,457</td></tr><tr><th align="right">3</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Indiana_and_coal" title="Indiana and coal">Indiana</a></td><td align="right">31</td><td align="right">21,551</td><td align="right">123,985</td></tr><tr><th align="right">4</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_and_coal" title="Pennsylvania and coal">Pennsylvania</a></td><td align="right">40</td><td align="right">20,475</td><td align="right">122,093</td></tr><tr><th align="right">5</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Illinois_and_coal" title="Illinois and coal">Illinois</a></td><td align="right">32</td><td align="right">17,565</td><td align="right">92,772</td></tr><tr><th align="right">6</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kentucky_and_coal" title="Kentucky and coal">Kentucky</a></td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">16,510</td><td align="right">92,613</td></tr><tr><th align="right">7</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=West_Virginia_and_coal" title="West Virginia and coal">West Virginia</a></td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">15,372</td><td align="right">91,601</td></tr><tr><th align="right">8</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Georgia_and_coal" title="Georgia and coal">Georgia</a></td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">14,594</td><td align="right">87,624</td></tr><tr><th align="right">9</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=North_Carolina_and_coal" title="North Carolina and coal">North Carolina</a></td><td align="right">25</td><td align="right">13,279</td><td align="right">78,854</td></tr><tr><th align="right">10</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Missouri_and_coal" title="Missouri and coal">Missouri</a></td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">11,810</td><td align="right">77,714</td></tr><tr><th align="right">11</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michigan_and_coal" title="Michigan and coal">Michigan</a></td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">12,891</td><td align="right">71,871</td></tr><tr><th align="right">12</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alabama_and_coal" title="Alabama and coal">Alabama</a></td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">12,684</td><td align="right">70,144</td></tr><tr><th align="right">13</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Florida_and_coal" title="Florida and coal">Florida</a></td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">11,382</td><td align="right">66,378</td></tr><tr><th align="right">14</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tennessee_and_coal" title="Tennessee and coal">Tennessee</a></td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">10,290</td><td align="right">59,264</td></tr><tr><th align="right">15</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wyoming_and_coal" title="Wyoming and coal">Wyoming</a></td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">6,168</td><td align="right">43,421</td></tr><tr><th align="right">16</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wisconsin_and_coal" title="Wisconsin and coal">Wisconsin</a></td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">7,116</td><td align="right">41,675</td></tr><tr><th align="right">17</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arizona_and_coal" title="Arizona and coal">Arizona</a></td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5,861</td><td align="right">40,730</td></tr><tr><th align="right">18</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=South_Carolina_and_coal" title="South Carolina and coal">South Carolina</a></td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">6,469</td><td align="right">40,545</td></tr><tr><th align="right">19</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oklahoma_and_coal" title="Oklahoma and coal">Oklahoma</a></td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">5,720</td><td align="right">36,446</td></tr><tr><th align="right">20</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Utah_and_coal" title="Utah and coal">Utah</a></td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5,080</td><td align="right">36,008</td></tr><tr><th align="right">21</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Colorado_and_coal" title="Colorado and coal">Colorado</a></td><td align="right">15</td><td align="right">5,309</td><td align="right">35,671</td></tr><tr><th align="right">22</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Virginia_and_coal" title="Virginia and coal">Virginia</a></td><td align="right">22</td><td align="right">6,208</td><td align="right">35,099</td></tr><tr><th align="right">23</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Iowa_and_coal" title="Iowa and coal">Iowa</a></td><td align="right">28</td><td align="right">6,506</td><td align="right">34,729</td></tr><tr><th align="right">24</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kansas_and_coal" title="Kansas and coal">Kansas</a></td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">5,472</td><td align="right">34,595</td></tr><tr><th align="right">25</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Minnesota_and_coal" title="Minnesota and coal">Minnesota</a></td><td align="right">21</td><td align="right">5,670</td><td align="right">34,336</td></tr><tr><th align="right">26</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Mexico_and_coal" title="New Mexico and coal">New Mexico</a></td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">4,382</td><td align="right">29,990</td></tr><tr><th align="right">27</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=North_Dakota_and_coal" title="North Dakota and coal">North Dakota</a></td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">4,246</td><td align="right">29,813</td></tr><tr><th align="right">28</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Maryland_and_coal" title="Maryland and coal">Maryland</a></td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">5,236</td><td align="right">29,782</td></tr><tr><th align="right">29</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arkansas_and_coal" title="Arkansas and coal">Arkansas</a></td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3,958</td><td align="right">23,356</td></tr><tr><th align="right">30</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Louisiana_and_coal" title="Louisiana and coal">Louisiana</a></td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">3,764</td><td align="right">23,190</td></tr><tr><th align="right">31</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_York_and_coal" title="New York and coal">New York</a></td><td align="right">18</td><td align="right">4,273</td><td align="right">22,018</td></tr><tr><th align="right">32</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nebraska_and_coal" title="Nebraska and coal">Nebraska</a></td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">3,194</td><td align="right">20,175</td></tr><tr><th align="right">33</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Nevada_and_coal" title="Nevada and coal">Nevada</a></td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2,769</td><td align="right">18,412</td></tr><tr><th align="right">34</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Montana_and_coal" title="Montana and coal">Montana</a></td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2,536</td><td align="right">17,844</td></tr><tr><th align="right">35</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mississippi_and_coal" title="Mississippi and coal">Mississippi</a></td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">2,696</td><td align="right">16,661</td></tr><tr><th align="right">36</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Massachusetts_and_coal" title="Massachusetts and coal">Massachusetts</a></td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1,776</td><td align="right">12,095</td></tr><tr><th align="right">37</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Jersey_and_coal" title="New Jersey and coal">New Jersey</a></td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">2,237</td><td align="right">12,090</td></tr><tr><th align="right">38</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Washington%28state%29_and_coal" title="Washington (state) and coal">Washington</a></td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1,460</td><td align="right">10,483</td></tr><tr><th align="right">39</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Delaware_and_coal" title="Delaware and coal">Delaware</a></td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1,082</td><td align="right">5,185</td></tr><tr><th align="right">40</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Hampshire_and_coal" title="New Hampshire and coal">New Hampshire</a></td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">609</td><td align="right">4,097</td></tr><tr><th align="right">41</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Connecticut_and_coal" title="Connecticut and coal">Connecticut</a></td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">614</td><td align="right">3,995</td></tr><tr><th align="right">42</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_and_coal" title="Oregon and coal">Oregon</a></td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">601</td><td align="right">3,588</td></tr><tr><th align="right">43</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=California_and_coal" title="California and coal">California</a></td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">439</td><td align="right">3,024</td></tr><tr><th align="right">44</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=South_Dakota_and_coal" title="South Dakota and coal">South Dakota</a></td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">481</td><td align="right">2,999</td></tr><tr><th align="right">45</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hawaii_and_coal" title="Hawaii and coal">Hawaii</a></td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">203</td><td align="right">1,548</td></tr><tr><th align="right">46</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Maine_and_coal" title="Maine and coal">Maine</a></td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">103</td><td align="right">754</td></tr><tr><th align="right">47</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alaska_and_coal" title="Alaska and coal">Alaska</a></td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">118</td><td align="right">650</td></tr><tr><th align="right">48</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Idaho_and_coal" title="Idaho and coal">Idaho</a></td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">19</td><td align="right">51</td></tr><tr><th align="right">49</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rhode_Island_and_coal" title="Rhode Island and coal">Rhode Island</a></td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr><th align="right">50</th><td align="center"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vermont_and_coal" title="Vermont and coal">Vermont</a></td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr></tbody></table>

The median family income of the top 15 coal-producing states was $44,922 in 2006 ($3,529 below the U.S. median); the median family income of the bottom 15 coal-producing states was $52,833 ($4,382 above the U.S. median).