Last coal baron makes his stand as mines vanish around him

Washington

AT 75, Robert Murray may be the last of the old-time coal barons. He's not about to go quietly.

At a time when the US coal industry is beset on all sides - by environmentalists, by regulators, by the economics of shale gas - Mr Murray has positioned himself as King Coal's warrior-in-chief. And his main antagonist is the country's commander-in-chief.

He calls Barack Obama "the greatest enemy I've ever had in my life". His fight with the president, he says,…