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A tragicomic tale of coal industry incompetence and disregard
A tragicomic tale of coal industry ...
Let me share an remarkable story with you. It’s about coal: the people it harms, the arrogance the industry has developed over years of being coddled, and the way it’s all starting to fall apart. Up to the northeast of... 
Enough cheap coal: Using public lands for the public interest
Enough cheap coal: Using public lan...
I hope everyone read Joe Smyth’s post about the upcoming “auction” of 721 million tons of publicly owned Powder River Basin (PRB) coal. “Auction” goes in scare quotes because there’s only one bidder:... 
How Peabody gets dirt-cheap land and the rest of us get a gigaton of carbon pollution
How Peabody gets dirt-cheap land an...
A version of this article originally appeared on Climate Progress . The BLM lets Peabody lease public land for next to nothing and strip-mine it for coal. On Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is  scheduled to hold an... 
Romney opposes mercury rule, beclowns himself again
Romney opposes mercury rule, beclow...
Photo by Austen Hufford . Today marks a symbolic vote in the Senate: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) is putting forward a Congressional Review Act  resolution  [PDF] that would stop the EPA’s impending standards on mercury and other... 
Energy companies, seeing a greener future, are losing their faith in coal
Energy companies, seeing a greener ...
The stuff fortunes were made of. Tallying the predictions of energy industry executives is an interesting exercise. Like any dominant business sector, the energy industry’s predictive powers are limited by one key damper: a... 
The carbon consequences of Northwest coal exports
The carbon consequences of Northwes...
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Peabody Coal pays U.S. taxpayers $1.11 per ton of coal, sells it to China for $123
Peabody Coal pays U.S. taxpayers $1...
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Why are U.S. taxpayers subsidizing coal mining?
Why are U.S. taxpayers subsidizing ...
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Big Coal’s new anti-Obama ad reeks of desperation
Big Coal’s new anti-Obama ad reek...
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My Mother’s Day wish: Clean air for kids
My Mother’s Day wish: Clean air f...
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U.S. coal lobbies frantically to save its doomed-ass self
U.S. coal lobbies frantically to sa...
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Coal dependent: Pacific Northwest activists fight new export terminals
Coal dependent: Pacific Northwest a...
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Fighting coal export terminals: It matters
Fighting coal export terminals: It ...
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U.S. coal is on the decline, and utility execs know it
U.S. coal is on the decline, and ut...
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New climate strategy: Buy the damn coal and keep it in the ground
New climate strategy: Buy the damn ...
By David  Read More →
The only good coal is coal left in the ground
The only good coal is coal left in ...
By David  Read More →
Clean coal nonsense: New industry ad claims ‘real environmental progress’
Clean coal nonsense: New industry a...
By Stephen  Read More →
Black people get asthma so everybody else can get cheap power
Black people get asthma so everybod...
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Meet Mr. Coal Guy: He’ll say anything to make you think coal is safe
Meet Mr. Coal Guy: He’ll say anyt...
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Critical List: Gulf of Mexico dolphins have serious health problems; tweeting from the ocean bottom
Critical List: Gulf of Mexico dolph...
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