Objections From the Northeast A related objection has been raised by some coal-burning utilities that have already cleaned up.

Some electric companies are incurring higher costs by generating their own power rather than buying cheaper power from coal-burning utilities.

The second is acid rain, a killer of streams, lakes and forests that's produced mainly by coal-burning utilities.

Coal producers and coal-burning utilities are deciding whether to go national with an ad campaign challenging the idea that burning fossil fuels will change the climate.

They lend urgency to proposals now before Congress that coal-burning utilities sharply cut their emissions of acrid gases.

He quit as prosecutions charging that coal-burning utilities violated the Clean Air Act were dropping noticeably.

Metal smelting, coal-burning utilities, and vehicle emissions impact agricultural and forest productivity.

So, at Mr. Barbour's urging, a handful of coal-burning utilities formed their own lobbying group.

West Virginia is an important swing state, and the mining companies and coal-burning utilities contributed heavily to Mr. Bush's campaign.

But coal-burning utilities think the standards could be met at less cost if Congress would delay action while cleaner ways to burn coal are developed.