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Obama admin tightens coal dust rules to reduce black lung cases
2014-04-23 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Obama administration said Wednesday it is cutting the amount of coal dust allowed in coal mines in an effort to help reduce black lung disease. "Today we advance a very basic principle: you shouldn't have to sacrifice your life for your livelihood," Labor Secretary Thomas E Perez said. "But that's been the fate of more than 76,000 miners who have died at least in part because of black lung since 1968." Perez was one of several top government officials to announce the long-awaited final...
Duke Energy: Moving coal ash away from NC rivers and lakes would cost up to $10 billion
2014-04-23 02:32:24| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy told North Carolina lawmakers Tuesday that removing all of the company's coal ash away from the state's rivers and lakes would take decades and cost up to $10 billion, with its electricity customers likely footing nearly all the bill.
It's Catch-up, Not New Coal Demand, on the Rails
2014-04-22 15:24:28| Railroads - Topix.net
The price of coal from the Powder River Basin recently hit-two year highs, and now the major railroads are seeing increased coal carloads.
"Fugitive dust" from Norfolk coal cars stirs health fears
2014-04-22 06:24:32| Railroads - Topix.net
Cathy Henry wondered about the black stuff. It coated the hands and feet of her 19-month-old twin girls when they played on the balcony of her West Ghent duplex.
Report Finds Top Banks Moving Away From Investment in Coal
2014-04-21 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Sierra Club and BankTrack released the fifth annual coal finance report card, Extreme Investments, Extreme Consequences, last week that tracks the financiers of the worst-of-worst coal companies. The report shows that even as high-profile bankruptcies and costly environmental cleanup settlements illustrate the growing risks involved with lending to coal companies, U.S. banks provided $31 billion in financing for coal in 2013. The report ranks Citigroup as the top...
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