A federal judge refused to dismiss defamation claims against more than a dozen news outlets that called a former coal CEO and Republican Senate candidate a felon, even though he was convicted of a lesser charge.
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The D.C. Circuit ordered the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to reconsider the exemptions regarding hazardous air pollutants that it gives to coal- and oil-burning power plants.
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A federal judge signaled Thursday he will likely reject a bid to make the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency update pollution standards for coke ovens — coal-processing plants that emit dozens of hazardous air toxins — because the agency’s duty under the law is “ambiguous.”
Read moreThe FTC sued Peabody Energy Corp. and Arch Coal in federal court to prevent the two largest coal-mining companies in the United States from forming a joint partnership, in violation of antitrust law.
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Officials with the Trump administration said Wednesday that resumption of coal sales from public lands made off-limits by the Obama administration will only slightly increase greenhouse gas emissions, a claim deemed as flawed by environmental groups.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. will no longer do business with coal companies and will restrict financing to companies that drill in the Arctic, the company said Tuesday.
Read moreMurray Alabama Coal and four affiliates are the latest coal companies to seek bankruptcy protection, listing $100 million to $500 million in assets and liabilities.
Read moreDynegy Zimmer’s giant coal-fired power plant near Moscow, Ohio has violated the Clean Air Act since 2010, the United States claims in federal court.
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Growing emissions from the U.S. oil and gas and petrochemical sectors could hinder some of the climate benefits from the nation’s fracking boom and transition away from coal in favor of natural gas, an environmental group said in a report released Wednesday.
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The world’s longest swinging pedestrian bridge is about to join Kentucky and Virginia as part of a former-coal country grant program.
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The demand for coal will remain steady over the next four years due to demand from Asia, which comes despite fears of the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg released a clean energy plan Friday calling for the rapid elimination of fossil fuel-burning power plants, setting a goal of closing all coal plants by 2030.
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European Union leaders agreed Friday that nuclear energy will be part of the bloc’s solution to making its economy carbon neutral by 2050, allowing them to win the support of two coal-dependent countries.
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The world does not need a miracle to tame global warming, just leadership, American presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg told U.N. climate talks in Madrid on Tuesday, calling for an end to government handouts to oil, gas and coal companies.
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Coal use has declined dramatically in industrialized nations as renewable energy projects gain popularity, but a spike in natural gas and oil use has sparked a surge in global carbon dioxide emissions that hit a record in 2019 and will likely to continue increasing, according to studies released Tuesday.
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As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight falls on China — the top emitter of greenhouse gases.
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Global coal-fired power, a key driver of climate change, is set to fall a record 3% this year, largely led by developed countries although much-criticized China and India play their part too, analysis showed Monday.
Read moreThe Montana Environmental Information Center, et al. sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court for approving a 6,500-acre expansion of the Rosebud coal strip mine in Montana.
Read moreAnnouncing the latest in a series of regulatory breaks for the coal industry, the Trump administration called Monday to roll back a set of 2015 Obama-era guidelines crafted to reduce the concentration of toxic coal-ash runoff into waterways.
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Candidate Donald Trump promised that coal and steel would be the beating heart of a revived economy in the industrial Midwest. But that promised renaissance has not materialized and both sectors are faltering in ways that are painfully familiar and politically significant.
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