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Bill to shield retired miners divides coal-state Republicans
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An election-year bill to fulfill a 70-year-old government promise and protect health-care and pension benefits for retired miners is dividing coal-state Republicans, pitting endangered incumbents against GOP leaders wary of bailing out union workers. Retirement and health-care funds currently support about 120,000 former miners and their families nationwide. But account balances have dwindled amid continued…
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AP Exclusive: $90 million investment for two new coal mines
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As mines close and the coal industry faces a seemingly endless run of bankruptcies and other bad news, a company backed by a $90 million investment is defying conventional wisdom by preparing to open two new mines next year in Appalachia, the hardest-hit coal region. The mines in West Virginia and Virginia will create some…
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Two Colorado coal-fired power units to close in clean-air deal
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One coal-fired power plant in Colorado will shut down and part of a second plant will stop operating under an agreement that will make deep cuts in air pollution but cost at least 90 jobs over the next decade, officials said Thursday. The Nucla Station power plant in southwestern Colorado and its coal supplier, the New Horizon Mine, will…
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Retrofit of coal-fired Montana power plant priced at $1.2 billion
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Retrofitting Montana’s largest coal-fired power plant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would cost at least $1.2 billion, but selling captured carbon dioxide for use in oil fields could help offset the cost, federal officials said Wednesday. Senior U.S. Department of Energy representatives presented the agency’s analysis of reducing emissions from the Colstrip plant at the request of…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly says nation is short of coal
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EDITOR’S NOTE – A look at the veracity of claims by political figures But the Republican nominee incorrectly blamed the coal industry’s woes solely on new federal regulations, leaving out the effects of cheap natural gas. And he warned those regulations will lead to an imminent spike in the cost of electricity. That’s not on…
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Vitali: Colorado should move forward on its Clean Power plan
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The guest commentary “Why is Colorado complying with a costly plan already halted by the Supreme Court?” by Terry Jarrett criticized Colorado’s decision to continue developing a state climate change implementation plan. This state plan is required by the federal Clean Power Plan, which was recently stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Climate change is…
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Sousa: Clean Power Plan puts interests of kids before polluters
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Climate change is not an abstract hypothetical danger that might affect only faraway places. It’s real, and it’s happening now. The year 2015 was the hottest globally in recorded history, and 2014 was the hottest before that. This has helped produce a long list of extreme weather disasters. Climate scientists have made it clear that…
