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Scott Tiller, a coal miner of 31 years, operates a continuous miner machine in a coal mine roughly 40-inches-high in Welch, W.Va. Most of the job losses happened long before coal's latest downturn. Mechanization began slashing the number of workers needed to mine coal in the 1960s, and then a collapse in the U.S. steel industry in 1980s further decimated miners' ranks. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Energy and Environment

Critics see hypocrisy in Obama’s coal-country bailout

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—œRenewables is the fastest-growing resource,—? Spencer Dale said Thursday. But despite the big boost in wind and solar, renewables
Energy and Environment

BP: Renewable energy rises fast, but not fast enough

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The agency's fiscal 2017 budget request drives up programming funds to reduce the cost of solar and wind energy by 30 percent, while cutting money for coal, oil and natural gas programs by 5 percent said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. (AP Photo)
Energy and Environment

Energy budget pumps up renewables at expense of coal

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North Dakota, the seat of the shale oil boom in the Midwest, says even though dozens of states filed for a stay earlier this week, the state is a unique case that must be considered separately. (AP File Photo/Mike Cronin)
Energy and Environment

North Dakota says it’s being unfairly targeted by EPA climate rule

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Energy and Environment

GOP, Dems set to spar in energy debate

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Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., support giving coal ash regulatory power permanently to the states. (AP Photo)
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Two senators want to make favorable EPA ruling work for coal country

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Barrasso said Obama's decision to block coal mining leases on federal land for the next three years is essentially an attack on rural America, which relies on coal for both jobs and energy. (AP File Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Energy and Environment

GOP moves to block Obama’s ban on coal leases

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Energy and Environment

Redford, NRDC declare victory in coal decision

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The step comes after President Obama hinted in Tuesday's State of the Union address that he would be making changes to the federal coal program as part of a push to move the nation off of
Energy and Environment

Obama blocks new coal mining leases

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Ryan on Friday condemned the Obama administration's move to ban coal mining leases on public land. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
Economy

Ryan: Obama wants to keep energy ‘in the ground’

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