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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to roll back Obama-era rules governing how coal-fired power plants store and release toxic waste.
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The largest private coal company in the country, Murray Energy Corporation, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, leaving workers at its 15 active mines across…
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President Donald Trump’s push for more energy development on federal lands suffered a setback last week when a federal judge ruled that his administration…
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As the demand for coal continues to plummet in the United States, state legislatures in the Mountain West are coming up with creative ways to either save…
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A bankrupt coal producer in the Mountain West wants to give $1.5 million worth of bonuses to top managers while potentially cutting retirement benefits…
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Calling it a matter of national security, the Trump administration wants to export coal to Asia through military bases along the West Coast. Companies...
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A major U.S. coal producer filed for bankruptcy Tuesday morning. Westmoreland Coal Company operates five mines in Montana, Wyoming and New Mexico. They...
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The Trump administration unveiled its long-anticipated plans Tuesday to clean up pollution from power plants, but it's not clear that the proposal will…
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The Trump administration announced a new rule on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, called the ‘Affordable Clean Energy Rule.’ It...
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A federal watchdog group said the U.S. Interior Department didn’t give an adequate reason for cancelling a study on the health impacts of coal mining...
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Over the past decade, the market for Mountain West coal has cooled. Renewables and natural gas in the U.S. are cheaper, stocks are tumbling and some...
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Wednesday, an Interior Department advisory panel will propose changing how the government receives royalties from coal dug up on federal lands. But some…