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Ruthless Coal CEO, Blamed for 29 Deaths, Asks Trump Not to 'Punish' Executives
Six Environmental Heroes Awarded This Year's Goldman Prize
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Six grassroots environmental activists are being honored on Monday with the prestigious Goldman Prize, raising the visibility of their efforts and helping to continue their quests to defend the natural world. This year's recipients, chosen by an international jury, hail from Australia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, India, Slovenia,...
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Pruitt's Coal Mine Speech Heralds Resurrection of "Dirty Polluting Past"
Nadia Prupis, staff writer
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday hailed a...
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Coalition Takes Trump's Order to Pillage Public Lands for Coal to Court
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A day after President Donald Trump " took a wrecking ball to U.S. action on...
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The coal-powered Castle Gate power plant in Utah, pictured in 2007. The plant was closed in 2015.
Contrary to Spin, Trump Slashing Energy Jobs With New Executive Order
Trump inauguration protest
EPA Chief Touts Plan to Undo Climate Regulations, Pull Back from Paris Deal
A protest against a coal-powered power plant in Melbourne, Australia, in 2010.
Coal in 'Freefall' Worldwide, Report Finds
A sign at the protest in San Diego, California.
Drain What Swamp? Trump Sends Coal Lobbyist to EPA and Boeing Exec to DoD
Bernie Sanders discusses the decline of coal jobs with a coal miner in McDowell County, West Virginia.
'Healthcare is a Right': Bernie Sanders Finds Common Ground in Trump Country
Trump Receives Right-Wing Wish List to Gut Rules on Climate, Nutrition, Wages
It's Love for Coal, Not Workers as GOP Gives Miners 'Slap in the Face'
Trump's Advisers Want to Privatize Native Lands for Big Energy: Reuters
Trump Expected to Name Billionaire Wilbur Ross as Commerce Secretary
Trump's "Open Mind" on Climate Denounced as Just "Empty Rhetoric"
A coal-powered power plant in Centralia, Washington.
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An illustration from the report by Friends of the Earth Germany
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