Downloads:

NRDC MTR and the Environment Fact Sheet (PDF)

http://www.nrdc.org/land/appalachian/files/appalachian.pdf 
Rob Perk’s issue paper on MTR in the Appalachian Mountains

Facts & Stats from Kilowatt Hours (DOC)
Several facts and statistics compiled by the creators of the film Kilowatt Hours.  Includes facts on coal mining, coal burning, nuclear power, energy efficiency, and more.

Coal Ash Fact Sheet
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth's fact sheet on coal ash in Kentucky and why we should be concerned. 

Other sources of facts and research:

www.NoMoreMountaintopRemoval.org
NRDC’s website on the effects of mountaintop removal in theAppalachian Mountains.

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/there_is_no_clean_coal_but_oba.html
Frances Beinecke’s blog on the myth of “clean coal” and Obama’s commitment towards passing a clean energy and climate bill.

http://www.nrdc.org/media/2008/080204c.asp
An NRDC press release on their collaboration with three large financial institutions. Together they developed a set of lending principles for electric utility companies that include global warming emissions standards.