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  1. environmental protection agency
    Trump Admin Makes It Easier for Coal Companies to Pollute in America AgainThe 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
  2. vision 2020
    Please Stop Telling Miners to Learn to CodeRetraining programs can’t make up for over a century of exploitation.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. politics
    Andrew Wheeler Is Bad News for Coal Miners and Environmentalists AlikeIf the Senate confirms Andrew Wheeler, it’s great news for coal — and nobody else.
    By Sarah Jones
  4. politics
    Congress Is Giving the Coal Industry a Break, and Sick Miners May Pay the PriceIf 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
  5. epa
    EPA Rolls Back Carbon Rule for New Coal Plants, But No One Wants to Build ThemThe 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
  6. Trump Plans to Prop Up Unprofitable Coal Plants With ‘Emergency’ AidThe administration is finalizing a plan to exacerbate climate change — and increase the cost of energy — in the name of “national security.”
    By Eric Levitz
  7. Fresh Out of Prison, Coal Baron Don Blankenship Is Running for U.S. SenateThe former CEO of Massey Energy filed this week to run in the Republican primary.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  8. Former Coal Executive With Shoddy Safety Record Will Lead Mine Safety AgencyDavid Zatezalo takes over the Mine Safety and Health Administration as mine fatalities are spiking.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. Trump Picks Coal Lobbyist to Serve As Scott Pruitt’s No. 2 at EPAAndrew 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
  10. Trump Moves to Increase Subsidy for Coal Mining on Federal LandsTrump wants to let coal companies pay well below market rate for the right to despoil public lands and damage the climate.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. Forests and Oceans Seem to Be Absorbing Less Carbon Than They Used ToMeanwhile, coal production is on the rise.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. EPA Lobbies Coal Industry to Oppose Paris Climate AccordScott Pruitt reportedly urged the National Mining Association to declare its opposition to the Paris agreement.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. EPA May Scrap Limit on How Much Mercury Coal Plants Can SpewThe agency will “review” its support for the measure “in light of the recent change in administration.”
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Donald Trump Promises to ‘Cancel’ Paris Climate DealIn 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
  15. Obama Wins Another Battle in His War on CoalBut this thing is probably headed for the Supreme Court.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. climate change
    Obama to Freeze New Coal Mines on Public LandMitch McConnell will be furious.
    By Jonah Shepp
  17. China Burns Way More Coal Than Previously BelievedNew data show China has been burning up to 17 percent more coal per year than previously thought.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. politics
    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
  19. early and often
    The GOP Tries to Buy Democratic Senator’s Loyalties With CoalCan Joe Manchin be seduced to the GOP?
    By Dan Amira