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Why investing in coal companies may not help the people living in coal country

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 11, 2018
When we subsidize coal companies, does that make it back to the people living in coal country? In her reporting for Quartz, economics writer Gwynn Guilford found that the answer may be a loud, resounding “no.” For her article “The 100-year capitalist experiment that keeps Appalachia poor, sick, and stuck on coal,” Guilford reported on the […]
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Uranium companies in the U.S. are hoping demand will return

by Madelyn Beck
Dec 26, 2017
Could there be a uranium boom on the horizon? If there is, it would help coal-heavy Wyoming.
Nichols Ranch Manager Bernard Bonifas reaches into one of the hundreds of tan boxes dotting the landscape at the Nichols Ranch uranium mine. They keep injection and recovery wells insulated during Wyoming’s harsh winters. 
Madelyn Beck/ for Marketplace
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Wind power cuts into Nebraska's increasing use of coal

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 8, 2017
Nebraska is the only state in the lower 48 using more coal for generating electricity than it did a decade ago.
 Caterpillar front-loading machinery operates on mounds of coal.
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A year after EPA spill, some still seek compensation

by Grace Hood
Aug 23, 2016
The EPA says it's limited in what it can reimburse communities for.
The 2016 rafting season has been strong in Durango, Colo. Flash back one year ago though and this riverfront looked different. Companies were forced to cancel trips for eight days after an EPA-triggered spill of mining waste into the Animas River.
Grace Hood, Colorado Public Radio
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Bankrupt coal companies get break on clean-up costs

by Scott Tong
Aug 18, 2016
They are getting out of huge liabilities for cleaning up their mine sites because of a loophole
Coal is poured into a barge that will be moved to a steel plant in western Pennsylvania. 
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Low commodity prices pound a global mining giant

by Scott Tong
Dec 28, 2015
Diversification couldn't defend Freeport-McMoRan against the commodities bust.
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Anglo American mining to cut 85,000 jobs

by Andy Uhler
Dec 8, 2015
A complete company overhaul is calling for cutting two-thirds of its workforce.
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New law updates guidelines for space industry

by Molly Wood and Kimberly Adams
Nov 27, 2015
New law permits American companies to keep materials they mine in space.
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Asteroid mining not so far in the future

by Kimberly Adams
Nov 19, 2015
Congress recently passed a bill setting out guidelines for mining in space.
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Converting a phosphate mine to golf course resort

by Robin Sussingham
Sep 2, 2015
There was certainly once a hole in one golf course.
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