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The coal industry is off to a terrible, no good, very bad year
2016-01-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama reiterated his call to eliminate federal subsidies for fossil fuels in an effort to speed up the transition to cleaner energy sources. It's something he's asked for nearly every year of his presidency, and it hasn't happened yet. But this year, he added something new: a plan to charge oil and coal companies more for leases on federal land, to offset the damage their products do to the climate. It was just the latest piece...
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