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Dockworker sues ship owner for $5.2 million after coal pier collision
A CSX Transportation dockworker who says he suffered disabling injuries last August when a tanker collided with a Curtis Bay pier has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the shipping company. David Rienas of Abingdon was...Tags: Litigation, Trials, Justice System, The Happiest News!, Patapsco
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How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive directives and agency rule-making that touch many of the affairs of government. They are...
Tags: Politics, Allergies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Conservation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Eleven train cars derail outside of Aberdeen
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 on the morning of Feb. 1. "I heard a big sha-bang!" said Kevin Bourdon, who was... -
Greener power
For all the hysteria generated by climate-change deniers over how reducing greenhouse gas emissions would be disastrous for consumers and the economy, Maryland and the other eight states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative are demonstrating that...Tags: Politics, Electricity Production and Distribution, Conservation, Metal and Mineral, Weather
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Setback dealt to SS Badger on coal ash dumping
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Congress has handed a defeat to owners of a passenger ferry that dumps coal ash into Lake Michigan as it travels between Wisconsin and Michigan. The U.S. House Wednesday passed a Coast Guard reauthorization bill that stripped...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Decision on Shade school district property assessment expected soon
Daily American Staff WriterCAIRNBROOK — A coal value reassessment for property tax rates in the Shade-Central City School District is nearing its resolution. “2012 and 2013 are now before the courts,” solicitor Jeff Berkey said. Board members sent...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Alaska Railroad Faces Projected $10M Revenue Drop
Channel 2 NewsNext year could be a bit leaner for the Alaska Railroad due to lower production of coal and refined fuel in the state's Interior. The railroad is anticipating significant decreases in next year's capital budget because of freight reductions. Flint...Tags: Transportation, Travel, Mining, Metal and Mineral, Railway Transportation
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Ash-dumping Lake Michigan ferry may stay afloat
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Lake Michigan ferry that travels between Wisconsin and Michigan would be allowed to stay afloat even though it dumps 500 tons of coal ash into the lake each season, under a special provision added to a bill pending in Congress....
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Tom Barrett, Environmental Issues, Lake Michigan, Dick Durbin
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State Rep. Metzgar defines his role on 'DA Live'
Staff Writer, @DAAlyssaCState Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township, talked to residents about gun control, the coal industry and his role as representative during the first episode of "DA Live." With Somerset schools discussing security after 26 people were...Tags: Government, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Media Industry
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Clearing Beijing's air
Ever wonder what life in the United States would be like without a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency? The people of China have gotten a whiff of what happens when there are minimal pollution controls, and they are choking on it. That the air in...Tags: Government, Politics, Health Organizations, Environmental Politics, Metal and Mineral
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Coal-ash pollution at three Maryland landfills to be cleaned up
The operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland has agreed to pay a total of $2.2 million in penalties and fix long-standing pollution problems at the landfills in Southern Maryland and Montgomery County where it disposes of the ash from those...Tags: Water, Trials, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Montgomery County (Maryland), Bodies of Water
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Glendale Water & Power plans to move away from coal
Glendale Water & Power officials plan to slowly wean the city off of coal as the utility's ability to freely tap the controversial natural resource for power expires in 2020 due to state mandates. But how much coal use can be scaled back in coming...Tags: Google Inc., Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Auction Service, Conservation
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