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Coal-burning Badger ferry can pollute Lake Michigan until 2015
After winning exemptions from environmental laws for more than a decade, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes agreed Friday to a court-enforced deadline to stop dumping toxic pollution into Lake Michigan. But the proposed legal...
Tags: Dan Benishek, Environmental Issues, Dick Durbin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lobbying
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'Coal' kids researching lost town of Moss Creek
Fourteen high school students from the Coal Country Hangout have been researching their own backyard. Through the direction of Deacon Ann Staples, executive director of the Coal Country Youth Center, the students discovered that the coal town of Moss...
Tags: Education, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Students, High Schools
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Deal requires ferry to stop ash dumping in two years
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The nation's last operating coal-fired ferryboat would stop dumping waste ash into Lake Michigan within two years under a deal with federal regulators announced Friday. The agreement between Lake Michigan Carferry,...
Tags: Lake Michigan, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Scott Walker, Politics
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L.A. DWP to be coal-free in 12 years under new plan
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be coal-free within 12 years under a new plan announced Tuesday.... -
Authority receives hefty royalty check
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERPBS Coals representatives presented the Somerset County General Authority with a $213,000 royalty check Tuesday at the county commissioners’ regular meeting. “We have more coming but we don’t know how much,” PBS land manager John...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral, Somerset County (Maryland), Friedens
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Coal truck flips on Ky. 150 north of Stanford, injuring one
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — It was a cold and slow morning for traffic on westbound U.S. 150 between Stanford and Danville Wednesday, after a semi-truck carrying a full load of coal overturned on the slick roads. Stanford Fire Chief Scott Maples said the driver of...Tags: Travel, Transportation, Road Transportation, Traffic
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Market Basket: Tony Sacco's brings coal-fired cooking to Mishawaka
There are no freezers, no deep fryers and no microwaves inside the newest Mishawaka restaurant to open its doors this week. Instead, an open-concept kitchen serves as a focal point for Tony Sacco's diners, who are treated to traditional thin-crust...
Tags: Pizzas, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages
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China uses nearly as much coal as rest of the world combined
BEIJING -- Those searching for answers to China's chronic smog should consider this: Coal consumption in the world's second-largest economy is nearly on par with the rest of the world combined. That's according to the U.S. Energy Information...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Global Warming, China, Air Pollution
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Coal's share of power generation slipping
Coal’s role in fueling power plants is expected to continue to shrink in coming years as old, polluting plants are taken out of operation and power companies turn to cheaper natural gas to generate electricity. In a report to a U.S. Senate...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Pollution, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Basketball schedule | Jan. 28-Feb. 9
BOYS Monday, Jan. 28 Aurora Central at Marian Central, 7 Elk Grove at Maine East, 7:30 Francis Parker at Christian Liberty, 6 Walther Lutheran at Lisle, 7 Tuesday, Jan. 29 Andrew at Thornton, 6:30 Bolingbrook at Lincoln-Way Central, 5:30 Bradley at...Tags: Sandwiches, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Basketball, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Grain cars collided with coal cars
A train car collision mangled empty coal cars and flipped grain cars onto their sides, spilling corn into the snow near the Heartland Grain Fuels plant west of Aberdeen Friday morning. "I heard a big sha-bang!" said Kevin Bourdon, who was working in his...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents
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Super Bowl countdown: Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza game day tailgate
The Dish - Orlando SentinelAnthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is serving up an “Italian Tailgate Menu” for Super Bowl 2013 game day viewing parties. The $13 per person catering menu, which features a selection of Anthony’s signature Italian specialties, is...
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