Haze surrounds Alaska-Taiwan coal talks

The state of Alaska's attempts to export coal to Taiwan have become bogged down in a political scandal, with a prosecutor investigating Attorney General Gregg Renkes' role in the negotiations. The Anchorage Daily News alleged that Renkes owned stock and traded shares in KFx, the Denver-based company that is developing technology to remove moisture from sub-bituminous coal. Documents show that Renk...