An earlier poster mentioned the coal mines of Wyoming. Wyoming's Powder River Basin contains several coal mines, and PRB's coal is not quite as "dirty" as coal from Pennsylvania, for example, and is highly sought-after for American coal plants (more of which are built each year). And there is supposedly enough coal in the PRB to supply the U.S. domestic energy needs for existing and projected plants to into the 22nd century.
However...the PRB lies in very close proximity to the 90th Missile Wing's two hundred Minuteman III and Peackeeper silos. So close that fallout from groundbursts would severely irradiate the entirety of the PRB. Unless you modify your campaign's history to reflect that strategic deterrence drawdowns of the early to mid-90s caused the 90th Wing's mission to deactivate and decommission the Minutemen and Peacekeepers, thereby allowing the Sovs to retarget their SS-18 Mod 5s intended for counterforce, you'll end up with glow-in-the-dark coal.
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