Topic: Coal

How Government Rules Are Helping Create Coal Jobs

AP

Call off the last rites: the coal industry in the United States isn't quite on death's door. New data suggests that the industry has seen some recent growth — thanks in part to laws mandating cleaner air.

By Esther Zuckerman

Nov 16, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

How China Could Stop Environmental Protests; Australia's Marine Parks

Mother Jones on protest in China, The Guardian on building bamboo bikes, The Daily Climate on coal plants, Reuters on Australia's marine parks, Scientific American on Obama's energy and green policies. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 9, 2012

So What's It Like to Get Fired Because President Obama Was Re-Elected?

On Wednesday Robert Murray, the Chief Executive of Murray Energy, decided to pray and then fire 54 employees at American Coal and 102 more at Utah American Energy. Now one of Murray's layoff victims has taken to Reddit to explain what it was like to get that news.

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By David Wagner

Oct 29, 2012

Today in Green Research

How Sandy Will Help Science; A Warmer, Sicker World

Discovered: what's to be learned from a Frankenstorm; U.N. warns of amplified infections in a warming world; life in coal towns is deadlier; U.S. coal emissions are down but worldwide coal use heats up.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Sep 27, 2012

Ad Watch

Obama's New Ad Is Just Romney's '47 Percent' Tape

President Obama has launched two ads—a nice happy one about his plans for the future, and a mean one playing Mitt Romney's "47 percent" audio—while Romney attacks Obama on a core Ohio issue.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Sep 19, 2012

Ad Watch

100% of New Obama Ads Are Talking About 47%

A pro-Obama super PAC uses Mitt Romney's "47 percent" footage, Romney attacks President Obama over using coal miners, Todd Akin shows women love him, and Tim Kaine shows he's bipartisan.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Aug 15, 2012

Trimming the Times

Pot-Growing Grannies, the Rainbow Room, Ryan and Rand

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jun 27, 2012

Trimming the Times

Stop and Frisk, A Koran Competition, and a Stolen Atlas Recovered

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 20, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

How Much Does a Dolphin Cost?; Offshore Drilling Is Still Risky

The Washington Post on offshore drilling, The Guardian on the cost of the BP spill, Bloomberg BusinessWeek on solar cells, The New York Times on India's coal, and the Associated Press on Kenya's dairy shortage

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 2, 2012

Five Best Green Stories

Texas's Continuing Drought; Curbing Coal

Monday's best green reads: NPR on the Texas drought, Mother Jones on anti-coal activism, The New York Times on uranium-mine radiation, The Guardian on measuring global warming, and Good on an eco-friendly pantry.

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 3, 2012

Sierra Club Comes Clean About $26 Million Donations from Natural Gas Company

In an example of how secret deals lead to the worst optics ever, today we learn that the Sierra Club took about $26 million dollars over the course of three years from a natural-gas company all while talking up natural gas as a clean alternative to coal.

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