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Trump puts anti-global warming projects on chopping block
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at moving forward on his campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s plan to curb global warming. The order will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production […]
Sunshine seems a better business bet to Nevada than coal
Despite the Trump administration’s push for coal and other fossil energy, Nevada just went dramatically in the other way. On the day after it pulled the plug on a coal-fired power plant, it cut the ribbon on a new solar energy farm. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
As Trump talks coal revival, China seeks props on the fuel’s decline
We now have three years of data points on where China’s coal and carbon emissions are heading: downward. It may have to do with China’s economy becoming less energy-intensive as it moves away from infrastructure and heavy industry. It may also have something to do with policy. Beijing has shuttered coal plants already in construction. […]
Imagining the future of coal in Gillette, Wyoming
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As the energy market dwindles, some are finding new uses for coal.
Coal country mourns job losses, town heroes
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In southern Illinois coal towns, reality overshadows hope for coal deregulation.
Coal is a resource curse for southern Illinois economies
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Eight decades of boom and bust ends in bust and leaves land dry.
Coal miners from two generations betting on Trump
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We hear from a retired West Virginia miner and another just starting his career.
Kentucky coal country hangs on to Trump’s promise
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Though jobs have fallen to their lowest level in 118 years, there is hope that coal production will come back.
One of coal’s last strongholds is under review
Federal land is one of the only places where the industry is holding its own.
Coal is having a comeback — can it last?
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Don't call it a comeback (maybe)

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