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Coal Mining Rejected for Climate Risks Is Back on the Table in Colorado
The Colorado mine expansion could cost society billions of dollars in climate impacts.
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Hillary Clinton Woos Coal Communities
Coal companies say government programs won't replace their high-paying jobs.
Who Can Follow This Climate Leader?
President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline while backing increased oil, gas and coal production.
Trying a Fossil Fiend
Villains like former coal CEO Don Blankenship make it easier to get riled up over climate change.
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Fighting to Keep Coal in the Ground, Montana Activists Score a Global Victory Against Climate Change
Ranchers, Indigenous people and others have joined together to resist coal mining and avert catastrophic climate change.
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More Trouble in Coal Country: Health Care at Risk for 12,000 Retired Miners and Their Families
Peabody Energy, the nation's largest coal company, is seeking release from a pledge to pay into a health insurance fund.
Bankruptcy Lawyers Strip Cash From Coal Miners’ Health Insurance
Secure health insurance has been one casualty of the wave of bankruptcies.
East Bay Unions Don’t Want Your Coal
Coal is the energy source of the past, so what is it doing in plans for our future?
Pacific Island Calls for Global Ban on New Coal Mines
Technology advances could give momentum to the move away from coal.
What to Do About 500,000 Abandoned Mines Around the US?
Officials are warning that the Gold King spill wasn't the first spill to dye the river, and it's not likely to be the last.