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Republicans move forward against coal ash regulation

By Chris Hamby

Amid health risks, worries about a threat to jobs and the economy

Coal is back, even as the Obama administration pushes green energy

By Jeremy Borden and Jim Morris

Improving economy requires electricity, so Big Coal is back

Excerpts from this story referencing "coal mining":

"… to open up 7,400 acres of public land in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin to coal mining. The Natural Resources Defense Council said an estimated 758 million tons …"

EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

Utilities craft plans for safer storage of a toxic coal power byproduct
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Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, scourge of coal, found in autopsies of Massey miners

Excerpts from this story referencing "coal mining":

"… anch is located.“There’s no question that there will always be dust in coal mining,” Dr. Edward Petsonk, a physician and professor at West Virginia Univers …"

"… some have argued.“If you’re going to make a big portion of underground coal mining uneconomic, what does that do for employment and meeting the nation’s en …"

One town’s recurring coal ash nightmare

By Kristen Lombardi

Stand before the pond known here in southwestern Pennsylvania as Little Blue Run, and you’ll see nothing that resembles its bucolic-sounding

Excerpts from this story referencing "Coal":

"… more than 10 percent of the total land, Little Blue Run seems a wasteland.Coal ash, tinted blue, has overtaken the valley, rising each year by a million …"

Coal ash: The hidden story

By Kristen Lombardi

Pat Nees never liked the water at the Moose Lodge. Almost everyone in tiny Colstrip, Montana, drank and dined at Lodge #2190, but the well w

Excerpts from this story referencing "Clean Air Task Force":

"… a.But in 2000, after a vigorous push by environmental groups including the Clean Air Task Force and Citizens Coal Council, agency officials reassessed the situation. By t …"

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The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

Excerpts from this story referencing "Coal":

"… s Butch Cassidy might say, “Who are those guys?”They’re the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a collection of 48 mining, rail, manufac …"

"… t say, “Who are those guys?”They’re the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a collection of 48 mining, rail, manufacturing, and power-ge …"

"… was about to consider major climate legislation, a new name, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, was minted. But the Coalition also unveil …"

"… er major climate legislation, a new name, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, was minted. But the Coalition also unveiled something more im …"

Big coal's big-time lobby

By Matthew Lewis

Convention-goers in Denver and St. Paul won’t be able to miss the $2 million advertising blitz planned by businesses promoting “clean coal”

Excerpts from this story referencing "Coal":

"… ying in from the nation’s capital are already well aware of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity’s message. A Center for Public Integrity …"

"… ion’s capital are already well aware of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity’s message. A Center for Public Integrity analysis shows that …"

"Beneficial use" of Coal Ash in question as EPA mulls regulation

By Kristen Lombardi

Nearly every day over the last 32 months, members of a citizens group in Giles County, Va., have paid a visit to a seven-acre stretch of lan

EPA scolded for website that appeared to endorse coal ash products

By Laurel Adams

An Environmental Protection Agency website about products made from coal ash failed to disclose contamination risks and gave the improper ap

Excerpts from this story referencing "Coal":

"… d its employees are strictly prohibited from endorsing commercial products.Coal ash, the residue produced by Coal-fueled electricity plants, is one of the …"

"… what the agency will do.The EPA inspector general said that the agency’s Coal Combustion Products Partnership website lauded the beneficial uses of Coal …"

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