Displaying all articles tagged:
Coal
environmental protection agency
Sept. 1, 2020
Trump Admin Makes It Easier for Coal Companies to Pollute in America Again The EPA, led by a former coal lobbyist, has rolled back rules for how coal companies discard of wastewater with pollutants including lead and arsenic.
By Matt Stieb
vision 2020
Dec. 31, 2019
Please Stop Telling Miners to Learn to Code Retraining programs can’t make up for over a century of exploitation.
By Sarah Jones
Andrew Wheeler Is Bad News for Coal Miners and Environmentalists Alike If the Senate confirms Andrew Wheeler, it’s great news for coal — and nobody else.
By Sarah Jones
Congress Is Giving the Coal Industry a Break, and Sick Miners May Pay the Price If Congress doesn’t act by the end of the month, the coal industry will get a tax reduction, slashing funding for miners suffering from black lung.
By Sarah Jones
EPA Rolls Back Carbon Rule for New Coal Plants, But No One Wants to Build Them The change won’t result in any new coal-fired power plants, but it will make the coal industry feel like Trump is helping.
By Adam K. Raymond
Trump Plans to Prop Up Unprofitable Coal Plants With ‘Emergency’ Aid The administration is finalizing a plan to exacerbate climate change — and increase the cost of energy — in the name of “national security.”
By Eric Levitz
Fresh Out of Prison, Coal Baron Don Blankenship Is Running for U.S. Senate The former CEO of Massey Energy filed this week to run in the Republican primary.
By Adam K. Raymond
Former Coal Executive With Shoddy Safety Record Will Lead Mine Safety Agency David Zatezalo takes over the Mine Safety and Health Administration as mine fatalities are spiking.
By Adam K. Raymond
Trump Picks Coal Lobbyist to Serve As Scott Pruitt’s No. 2 at EPA Andrew Wheeler once worked for Senator Jim Inhofe, who threw a snowball on the Senate floor to make point about global warming.
By Adam K. Raymond
Trump Moves to Increase Subsidy for Coal Mining on Federal Lands Trump wants to let coal companies pay well below market rate for the right to despoil public lands and damage the climate.
By Eric Levitz
last night on late night
June 19, 2017
John Oliver Breaks Down Trump’s Misguided Affection for Coal He also lists the four people Trump has ever said I love you to.
By Hunter Harris
EPA Lobbies Coal Industry to Oppose Paris Climate Accord Scott Pruitt reportedly urged the National Mining Association to declare its opposition to the Paris agreement.
By Eric Levitz
EPA May Scrap Limit on How Much Mercury Coal Plants Can Spew The agency will “review” its support for the measure “in light of the recent change in administration.”
By Eric Levitz
Donald Trump Promises to ‘Cancel’ Paris Climate Deal In a rare pre-written speech on energy policy, Trump argued that coal doesn’t need to be regulated and that wind turbines are “killing all the eagles.”
By Eric Levitz
Obama Wins Another Battle in His War on Coal But this thing is probably headed for the Supreme Court.
By Eric Levitz
climate change
Jan. 15, 2016
By Jonah Shepp
China Burns Way More Coal Than Previously Believed New data show China has been burning up to 17 percent more coal per year than previously thought.
By Eric Levitz
Obama Finalizes Sweeping Climate-Change Plan The new rules call for even higher cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and are designed to push and reward the adoption of renewable energy sources.
By Chas Danner
Jones Wood Foundry’s Jason Hicks on Expansion and Charcoal The chef and co-owner of British pub Jones Wood Foundry is looking to open some new projects.
By Hugh Merwin
early and often
Nov. 8, 2010
By Dan Amira
pickup lines
Oct. 14, 2010
By Willa Paskin
