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"The grid is in good shape," an Energy Department study draft says

by Adriene Hill and Scott Tong
Jul 18, 2017
Are renewable sources reliable? Come down the energy rabbit hole with us.
President Trump and Energy Secretary Rick Perry at an "Unleashing American Energy" event in June. The Trump administration believes in fossil fuel "dominance."
Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images
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A former coal miner's take on the declining industry

by Paulina Velasco
Jun 23, 2017
It's a small part of Kentucky's economy, but it plays a big role in politics.
Courtesy of Gary Bentley
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Counting up American coal jobs: What's the real total?

by Molly Wood and Scott Tong
Jun 15, 2017
Here are the numbers behind the much-discussed coal industry in the U.S.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks with coal miners at the Harvey Mine in Sycamore, Pennsylvania, in April.
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Big Coal: an unlikely advocate to stay in the Paris climate agreement

by Scott Tong
Apr 18, 2017
Senior Trump administration officials cancelled a meeting today to talk about whether the U.S. will stay committed to its emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement. Trump has promised to take the U.S. out of agreement. A surprising group wants America to stay in: coal executives. The nation’s three biggest coal companies would rather the […]
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Gillette, Wyoming: Industry and politics in coal country

by Eliza Mills and Hayley Hershman
Mar 10, 2017
Under a new administration, this extraction-industry town feels revitalized.
Eagle Butte Mine is one of the many open-pit mines that characterize Wyoming and the western mining industry.
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Students in Gillette, Wyoming, discuss a hopeful future

by Hayley Hershman
Mar 10, 2017
They cover the night Trump won the election...to the importance of the extraction industry for Wyoming.
The main building on Gillette College's campus.
Gillette College
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Wyoming's powerful coal industry is facing a downturn

by Leigh Paterson
May 16, 2016
Hundreds have been laid off.
A large surface coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming.
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What the Supreme Court's halt on coal regulation means

by Kai Ryssdal and Scott Tong
Feb 10, 2016
The justices push the pause button on EPA's rule to cut emissions.
A plume of exhaust rises from a coal-fired power station in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court put a hold on rules to cut emissions.
Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
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In Texas, a coal mine opens to power Mexico

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 25, 2015
Border town residents are nearly united in opposition to the strip mine.
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