With 20 years left of coal under its Western Pa. mining complex, company says move to renewables can't happen at high speed
Pacing is a multifaceted theme at Consol Energy Inc., a 160-year-old coal mining company with its headquarters in the oil and gas mecca of Southpointe in Washington County. At the entrance to the mine’s portal in Prosperity is the first of many “Not So Fast” signs. A perfectly reasonable interpretation of the sign’s message is that cars should move slowly in the parking lot. But the slogan was developed with another collision in mind: the speed at which the country is shifting away from fossil fuels. It’s both a call to slow down the transition to renewable energy and to challenge the thinking behind that shift.