Mercury falling: Groundbreaking power plant emissions rule imminent

By Corbin Hiar

The EPA is poised to issue a new regulation restricting toxic power plant emissions

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"… on said the regulation will cost homeowners when it’s fully implemented. Coal plants, which provide nearly half of the U.S. electricity supply and two-t …"

EPA proposes first limit on greenhouse gases

By Chris Hamby

EPA proposes caps for new power plants in rule that could move nation away from coal.

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"… usinesses by driving up energy prices and destroying jobs,” the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity said in a statement.The rule is the result …"

"… up energy prices and destroying jobs,” the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity said in a statement.The rule is the result of a long process t …"

IMPACT: Environmental groups sue EPA over lack of coal ash regulation

By Emma Schwartz

Groups sue EPA over lack of coal ash regulation.

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"… set strong, federally enforceable safeguards against this toxic menace.”Coal ash is the collective term for the solid remnants left over from the burni …"

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The hidden costs of clean coal

By The Center for Public Integrity

The environmental and human disaster of longwall mining

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"… nd plastered on billboards, newspapers, even diner placemats. It reads: “Coal, Pennsylvania’s #1 Fuel for Electricity. Now Clean and Green.” Th …"

Resources

By The Center for Public Integrity

Websites of coal companies and citizens groups, as well as studies about and lawsuits over the impacts of longwall mining.

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"… ly national trade organization.2. Families Organized to Represent the Coal Economy is the “voice” of Pennsylvania’s Coal industry, which t …"

"… palachia. Four of them are in southwestern Pennsylvania.4. Foundation Coal Holdings is the fourth-largest Coal producer, with 12 collieries in A …"

"… tern Pennsylvania.5. Behind the Plug is the blog of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, which promotes the industry spin.6.  …"

"…  Behind the Plug is the blog of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, which promotes the industry spin.6. Center for Coalfield …"

Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Despite decades-old law, cheating, legal loopholes expose miners to deadly dust.

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"… s. One likely explanation: Miners are breathing a more potent mix of dust. Coal seams are surrounded by rock, much of which contains the mineral silica. W …"

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Miners say Upper Big Branch mine cheated on dust sampling

By Ken Ward Jr.

Falsification of dust samples was common at the scene of the 2010 mine disaster, workers testified

Dust reforms stymied by years of inaction

By Ken Ward Jr.

For more than a quarter-century, government efforts to end black lung have hit brick walls

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"… hifts, rather than averages from numerous days.One mine operator, Keystone Coal Mining Corp., challenged three violations issued to it under this new poli …"

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Legislative maneuver bars regulators from implementing or enforcing a proposal to reduce miners' exposure to coal dust

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"… gn its proposal, and while Coal companies including Murray Energy and Arch Coal helped fund his campaign to try to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.By mi …"

IMPACT: Labor Dept. assembling expert team on mine dust enforcement after CPI-NPR investigation

By Chris Hamby

Government experts are considering ways to step up coal mine dust enforcement after a CPI-NPR investigation.

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