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Coal prices under pressure
2014-08-04 08:32:18| Agriculture - Topix.net
Coal markets are awash with the dark combustible as supply rises and demand comes under pressure, although economists are optimistic on a longer-term view.
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Coal delivery issues causes fuel shortage at Xcel
2014-08-03 00:26:55| Energy - Topix.net
Xcel Energy's Chief Executive Officer Ben Fowke wrote in a July 23 letter to the federal Surface Transportation Board that rail carrier BNSF has fallen behind on coal deliveries to the 2,500-megawatt Sherco plant, according to the La Crosse Tribune .
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A dozen states file suit against new coal rules
2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Twelve states filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration on Friday seeking to block an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to regulate coal-fired power plants in an effort to stem climate change. The plaintiffs are led by West Virginia and include states that are home to some of the largest producers of coal and consumers of coal-fired electricity. Republicans have attacked the E.P.A. proposal as a war on coal, saying that it will shut down plants and eliminate jobs in states that...
Miners testify pollution controls could push coal jobs overseas
2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times: Coal miners clad in United Mine Workers of America camouflage T-shirts passionately described Friday how the Environmental Protection Agencys proposed Clean Power Plan will devastate the U.S. coal industry. If I lose my job, I wont have the money to make purchases, said Mike Payton, a Marion County, W.Va., coal miner testified during the last day of EPA hearings about its proposal, part of President Obamas Climate Action Plan, which would cut hundreds of millions of tons of carbon pollution...
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Coal struggle endures with West Virginia mine layoff plans
2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: From Boone County banker Lee Milam's experience, each round of coal mine layoffs that hits southern West Virginia stifles his community's already-fragile economy. Thursday's news was especially bitter. Coal giant Alpha Natural Resources revealed plans to shed 1,100 workers at 11 West Virginia surface mines and related operations by mid-October. In Boone, where about 2,400 people work in coal mining, two mines employing 462 people could be shuttered. Potentially, that's 462 fewer folks, averaging...
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