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Without energy, West Virginia's economy is flat, and that's a problem

by Tony Wagner
May 9, 2016
Relatively few West Virginians work in coal mines, but those that do have nowhere to go.
A man buys a hat before a rally for Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump in Charleston, West Virginia on Thursday.
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Coal mining jobs in West Virginia aren't coming back

by Scott Tong
May 9, 2016
Neither politicians nor policies can undo what the market's done to coal.
West Virginia's primary is Tuesday. Hillary Clinton has said, "We're going to put a lot of coal miners out of business." Donald Trump promised, "We're going to put the miners back to work." Above, signs at a Charleston, West Virginia, rally on Thursday.  
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Layoffs arrive in Wyoming's coal fields

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 7, 2016
Two large mines lay off 15 percent of workers, as the industry's troubles come to Wyoming
Coal mine in Wyoming. 
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Bankruptcy looms for biggest coal-miner in U.S.

by Scott Tong
Mar 17, 2016
Peabody Energy may join several other coal companies in bankruptcy court as coal demand and prices fall.
Coal is poured into a barge that will be moved to a steel plant in western Pennsylvania. 
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Inside a huge air pollution scrubbing unit

by Reid R. Frazier
Feb 11, 2016
The Homer City Generating Station burns 16,000 tons of coal per day
The Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County, Pennsylvania is installing pollution controls designed to reduce dangerous emissions of sulfur dioxide and mercury by more than 90 percent.
Reid Frazier
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Blocking U.S. emissions rule won't save coal industry

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Feb 11, 2016
Utiltiies are cutting back on burning coal for other reasons besides carbon emissions rules.
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U.S. halts new coal leases to reprice for carbon

by Scott Tong
Jan 15, 2016
Lease prices for federal coal lands are below market value, and don't factor in any cost for the carbon pollution coal causes
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A measure of commodities: the Baltic Dry Index

by Andy Uhler
Jan 1, 2016
The Baltic Dry Index tracks the cost of shipping bulk commodities such as iron ore or coal.
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The cost of cleaner power

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 14, 2015
The climate agreement in Paris on Saturday was a sign of global solidarity, but back in the U.S., conflict over curbing pollution still remains.
A plume of exhaust extends from the Mitchell Power Station, a coal-fired power plant located 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh in New Eagle, Pennsylvania. 
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What happens after the Paris climate talks?

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 7, 2015
Making an energy pledge is one thing, following through is a whole different story
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