Certainly coal won't be as "hot" as oil or gas. US has such large reserves and they are thinking about greener alternatives.
This is a US incorporated company with political connections (from memory a lot of them seem to have been political types and of course they have Norman Mineta) - I'd think they'll be OK.
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