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Alpha Natural posts wider loss on coal sales, prices
ReutersMay 2 (Reuters) - Alpha Natural Resources Inc reported a sharper first quarter loss on Thursday on lower coal sales and prices. The coal miner's net loss widened to $111 million, or 50 cents a share, from $29 million, or 13 cents, a year earlier....Tags: Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated
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Federal court backs EPA regulation of mountaintop removal
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court unanimously backed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate a controversial form of coal mining called mountaintop removal, overturning a lower court decision that barred the agency from...
Tags: Water Pollution, Justice System, Environmental Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Mining
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L.A. City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy
The Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Tuesday to begin moving away from coal-fired energy, despite warnings from a Department of Water and Power watchdog that the shift could cost more than $650 million. Like many utilities, the city-owned DWP...Tags: Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Politics, Jose Huizar
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DWP watchdog warns high cost comes with L.A.'s coal-free plan
Weeks after Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated his plan to move the city off of coal-fired energy, a city watchdog has attached a giant price tag to the initiative. Fred Pickel, the ratepayer advocate at the Department of Water and Power,...
Tags: Al Gore, Energy Resources, Unemployment, Electricity Production and Distribution, Career and Workplace
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$600-million price tag projected for Villaraigosa's coal plan
Weeks after Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated his plan to speed up the end of the city's reliance on coal-powered energy, a city watchdog has attached a giant price tag to the initiative. Fred Pickel, the ratepayer advocate at the...
Tags: Al Gore, Energy Resources, Electricity Production and Distribution, Antonio Villaraigosa
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INSIGHT-U.S. miners' union charts new course to save benefits in bankruptcy
ReutersBy Nick Brown May 1 (Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights...Tags: Unions, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Collective Contract
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Letters: When coal and ranching collide
Re "Ranchers drawing a line in the coal," April 27 With ranchers in southern Montana possibly having their land divided by rail lines to deliver coal to Asia — disrupting their cattle operations and polluting their water — it does seem...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Agriculture
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Insight: Miner's union charts new course to save benefits in bankruptcy
Reuters(Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights when companies...Tags: Unions, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Collective Contract
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COLUMN-India bullish for coal, China not; risks aplenty: Clyde Russell
Reuters--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 1 (Reuters) - India may import an additional 30 million tonnes of coal in the current fiscal year, and the good news for...Tags: China, Prices, India, Australia
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
OBIT-STARKER Grammy-winning cellist Janos Starker dead at 88 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Grammy Award-winning cellist Janos Starker has died after months of declining health. He was 88. Alain Barker, a spokesman for the Jacobs School of Music at...Tags: Homelessness, Politics, Ball State University, Elections, Gun Control
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COLUMN-Droughts put U.S. energy supply in peril: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Water and energy are inextricably linked. Power plants are the largest users of water in the United States, while substantial amounts...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Energy Resources, U.S. Senate, Petroleum Industry, Metal and Mineral
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Column: Droughts put U.S. energy supply in peril
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Water and energy are inextricably linked. Power plants are the largest users of water in the United States, while substantial amounts of energy are needed to supply fresh water to homes, farms and factories and treat waste water...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Energy Resources, U.S. Senate, Petroleum Industry, Metal and Mineral
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