coal industry

Americans Are Willing To Pay A Carbon Tax, But Trump Won’t Even Consider It

It could be a win-win for environmentalists and coal miners -- but the president isn't interested.
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How This Approach To Mining Is Dividing The West Virginia Coal Industry

Mountaintop removal, a form of surface mining, is destroying land and costing jobs in West Virginia.
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Coal Industry Worried Its Executives Might Somehow Be Responsible For Their Companies' Actions

With Massey Energy's Don Blankenship in jail, coal companies are concerned about these tricky "law" thingies.
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Coal Baron Promises Huge Layoffs, Then Tells Workers To Vote Trump

Problem is, coal mining jobs aren't coming back -- even under President Trump.
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Hint: It's Not Obama That's Killing The Coal Industry

Peabody Energy's bankruptcy is further proof that coal is just not a viable U.S. industry anymore.
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Some Green Billionaire Should Buy The Whole U.S. Coal Industry Right Now

The industry's value has dropped two-thirds in just five years.
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Here's What Big Banks Won't Say About Their Anti-Coal Pledges

Those promises likely won't cost them their billions of dollars in lending business.
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