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The 10 billion tons of coal could erase Obama's progress on climate change

2015-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Vice: Some 10.2 billion tons of coal, sitting on 106,00 acres of public land, have been authorized for sale by the Obama administration today. The Department of the Interior has released its Regional Management Plan for the Wyoming Powder River Basin, and in terms of the climate, it's ugly news. The region is home to the nation's largest coal field, and these 28 new coal leases mean a trully massive stock of pure carbon is about to be mined, for cheap. An analysis from Greenpeace notes that there are...

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