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29 Sep 2011, 7:02 am by Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Watch
Indeed, the language of the letter appears to have come straight out of the word processors of the American Electric Power Company, with perhaps a tweak or two by Southern Company and the National Mining Association. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 7:34 pm
And since Canadian courts often follow the US lead on tort law, oil sands companies and other prominent emitters here should also be worrying about their liability. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 7:11 am by Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Watch
Because coal is the dirtiest fuel used to generate electricity, coal-intensive utilities like American Electric Power and Southern Company would be hit the hardest.EEI’s reasoning for invoking the national-security clause goes like this: The compliance time frame —primarily for the mercury standard—could force some power plants to shut down, triggering brownouts and blackouts. [read post]
29 May 2012, 12:03 pm by Lovechilde
The moratorium on new coal shows that Americans don't "have to wait for Washington to get the country on the right climate track," Hitt argues. [read post]
4 Sep 2011, 11:31 pm by David Kopel
(David Kopel) This essay, which I wrote in 2000, celebrates the brave men and women of the Colorado labor movement, who in the coal fields of southern Colorado early in the 20th century, stood up against murderous company goons and against the soldiers of the Colorado National Guard who perverted their organization. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 9:05 am by Joe Consumer
For 33 years, the agency has had the authority to take mining companies to federal court when they have serious and persistent safety violations. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 9:05 am by Joe Consumer
For 33 years, the agency has had the authority to take mining companies to federal court when they have serious and persistent safety violations. [read post]
29 Dec 2022, 7:54 am by Richard Frank
  In the December 1922 decision Pennsylvania Coal Company v. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 6:58 am
On September 21, 2009, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that may dramatically shift the liability profile of every entity associated with notable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—potentially including utilities; coal, natural gas, and oil companies; industrial gas users and manufacturers; entities with significant vehicle fleets; and auto manufacturers. [read post]
12 Oct 2014, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Instead, the coal company built a timber stockade around its minehead adjoining the railroad tracks, and hired African-Americans from Southern states to come to Illinois as coal miners. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 10:28 am by Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Watch
Ed Whitfield (R-KY), a big defender of coal dating back to his days as a lobbyist for the coal-hauling CSX railroad company. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 4:01 am by Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Watch
It does not reflect the interests or wishes of the vast majority of Americans, for whom cleaner air is rightly a higher priority than any company’s bottom line. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 8:15 am by Lovechilde
So convicts were leased to coal-mining, iron-forging, steel-making, and railroad companies, including Tennessee Coal and Iron (TC&I), a major producer across the South, especially in the booming region around Birmingham, Alabama. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 9:53 am by Guest Author
Pittston is in an area that once served as one of the hearts of American coal country. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 9:17 pm
Ninety percent of American businesses are family owned, but less than one-third of them survive to the next generation. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 8:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
According to our new Corporate Spending Tracker, Massey Energy is one of four major American companies that have already decided to use its corporate treasury to influence elections. [read post]