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Fight intensifies over West Coast coal exports to Asia
GreenspacePlans for a major West Coast coal export facility-- the subject of an intense fight over greenhouse gases and U.S. coal supplies to Asia--took a new turn when Millennium Bulk Terminals Inc. announced it was withdrawing its permit for the...... -
Gulf oil spill: Moratorium judge owned shares in 17 oil and gas industry firms last year [updated]
GreenspaceThe New Orleans federal judge who struck down the Obama administrationâs six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the wake of the Gulf oil spill owned shares in at least 17 oil and gas industry companies last year, documents released Friday...... -
A cloud around the state's air chief
At the risk of oversimplifying, it is safe to say environmentalists always argue for higher standards. They are inherently positioned to oppose much of what goes on in the private sector. They assume that even the so-called clean companies have some...Tags: Weather, Regional Authority, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Education, Gray Davis
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Religious groups criticize Patriot Coal creation
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new report criticizing Arch Coal and Peabody Energy for creating Patriot Coal was released Tuesday by two groups of religious leaders -- Interfaith Worker Justice and Religious Leaders for Coalfield Justice. More than 23,000...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Coal, Religion and Belief, Career and Workplace, Anglicanism
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Patriot Coal's bid to cut retiree benefits now in hands of bankruptcy judge
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A bankrupt St. Louis-based coal company's push to significantly cut thousands of retirees' health care and pension benefits is in the hands of a judge. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States has until May 29 to decide the matter...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Financially Distressed Companies, Bankruptcy, Judges, Health Insurance Cost
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Cast blast at Wyoming coal mine
GILLETTE, Wyo. - An orange cloud that drifted over a part of Campbell County last week is nothing unusual. The cloud was a result of cast blasting last Thursday at Rawhide mine owned by Peabody Energy. Cast blasting is a blasting technique used for...
Tags: Explosions, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Emergency Incidents
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Stocks slump after election
U.S. stocks fell sharply at the open Wednesday, as investors focused on how President Obama plans to avoid the fiscal cliff after he won re-election Tuesday night. Worries about the European economy also resurfaced, putting more pressure on global...
Tags: Europe, European Central Bank, Media Industry, Community Health Systems Incorporated, Central Bank
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Stocks start off with great gains
NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market got a big jump on a better year.
Stocks rose sharply Tuesday in the first trading of 2012 as investors returned from the holiday and found encouraging economic reports from the United States and around the world.
The...Tags: Europe, Greece, Alcoa Incorporated, Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated, Natural Resources
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Coal plants dominate list of Chicago's biggest polluters
Fed by a steady stream of coal barges, the aging power plants that loom over Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods are by far the city's largest industrial sources of climate change pollution.
No other polluter comes close to the 4.2...Tags: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Elections, Conservation
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Fossil fuel firms get audience with lawmakers, others
++++++++++++++++++++ || Officials representing four top donors to Gov. Bob McDonnell's upcoming energy conference are among a select group of speakers guaranteed an audience before a group of southern lawmakers, government officials and business...Tags: Laws, Regional Authority, Wind Power, Bob McDonnell, American Petroleum
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Prairie State coal-fired plant to cap costs
Under pressure to hold down skyrocketing costs that promise more expensive electric bills for dozens of Midwest cities, developers agreed Friday to cap the construction budget for a massive coal-fired power plant in downstate Illinois.
The Prairie...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Environmental Issues, Wind Power, Bonds, Coal
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