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Federal judge rejects mine proposal, cites coal's contribution climate change
2014-07-02 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: What`s the very best reason not to expand coal mining on public land? Coal is contributing to global warming. And a federal judge just blocked a proposed Colorado mine for that very reason, InsideClimateNews reports. People, it would appear, are finally starting to get it. In touting the potential economic benefits of the mine but ignoring fossil fuels` effect on climate change, ruled U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson, federal agencies failed to consider the complete cost of the project....
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