Jeff Goodell's book Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future, now out in paperback, argues that the U.S. is more dependent than ever on coal. Goodell is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine; he's also the author of Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith, based on the account of nine miners trapped underground.
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Jeff Goodell, author of Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, says the U.S. is more dependent than ever on coal -- and the rise of the Internet has only increased the coal industry’s power and influence.