Tag: coal
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U.S. Investors Show Climate Clout
Shareholders in the U.S. are showing growing concern about their investments in companies exposed to climate change-related risks, according to new data …
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Coal Mining Industry Influences EPA’s Selenium Pollution Standards
Selenium is of particular concern in Kentucky and other Central Appalachian states because it is often released into streams through mountaintop removal coal mining and is toxic to aquatic life …
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World’s Largest Coal Company Leaves Chinese Community Without Water
For ten years, the Chinese state-run organization Shenhua Group, the world’s biggest coal producer by volume, has sucked this land dry, exploiting water resources at a shocking scale from …
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Coal Export Battle Gains Momentum in Washington State
Coal trains are composed of approximately 120 rail cars, resulting in an average of 60,000–420,000 lbs. of coal lost per train each trip. A massive increase in rail traffic and longer trains are expected in the future …
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Environmental Leaders Expose How the Coal Industry Poisons Our Water
Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and other environmental leaders came together in Charlotte, NC, to pull the cloak of invisibility off of toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants …