President Jimmy Carter’s national energy plan calls for a heavy reliance on coal to bridge the gap between today’s oil- and gas-fueled society and the renewable resource-based society of the future.

Even though Carter has expressed a desire to minimize Western coal development and emphasize Eastern development, there is growing concern that the West may host much of the new production and its associated impacts.

Carter has called for a boost in coal development from a 1976 production level of 670 million tons per year to a 1985 coal of one billion tons per year. This projected increase in production may seem manageable until one looks at the disproportionate projected regional demands for new production.

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Carter’s energy plan will push Western coal boom

by hcn, High Country News
May 20, 1977

<h1>Carter’s energy plan will push Western coal boom</h1> <p class="byline">by hcn, High Country News <br />May 20, 1977</p> <p>President Jimmy Carter’s national energy plan calls for a heavy reliance on coal to bridge the gap between today’s oil- and gas-fueled society and the renewable resource-based society of the future. </p> <p>Even though Carter has expressed a desire to minimize Western coal development and emphasize Eastern development, there is growing concern that the West may host much of the new production and its associated impacts.</p> <p>Carter has called for a boost in coal development from a 1976 production level of 670 million tons per year to a 1985 coal of one billion tons per year. This projected increase in production may seem manageable until one looks at the disproportionate projected regional demands for new production.</p> <p>Download entire issue to view this article: <a class="external-link" href="http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.10/download-entire-issue">http://www.hcn.org/issues/9.10/download-entire-issue</a></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.hcn.org/issues/9-10/carters-energy-plan-will-push-western-coal-boom/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.hcn.org&quot;&gt;High Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.hcn.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=123462&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.hcn.org/issues/9-10/carters-energy-plan-will-push-western-coal-boom/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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