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  • The United Mine Workers of America reached a deal with a coal-industry association to preserve pensions for nearly 120,000 current retirees, their dependents and active miners, but it agreed to a shift toward 401k plans for miners hired in 2012 and beyond.

    Coal Miners Union Sets Pension Deal Kris Maher 2011

  • Second and third generation coal miners from Craig and northwestern Colorado made the 8-hour round-trip to the Denver hearing to protest the potential loss of good-paying coal-industry jobs that would result from a transition to natural gas or renewable energy.

    Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010

  • Several coal-industry watchers said they don't expect Mr. Blankenship's successor, Baxter Phillips , to run a combined company because Mr. Phillips isn't known for the kind of close operational grasp that Mr. Blankenship had.

    Alpha Nears Pact to Buy Massey Gina Chon 2011

  • Donations from coal-industry interests account for more than 10% of the $12.5 million Mr. Boehner collected from Jan. 1 to June 30 for fund-raising accounts he directly controls.

    Coal Industry Backs Boehner Brody Mullins 2011

  • February 2 CoalTrans coal-industry conference in Miami.

    U.S. Datebook 2012

  • Second and third generation coal miners from Craig and northwestern Colorado made the 8-hour round-trip to the Denver hearing to protest the potential loss of good-paying coal-industry jobs that would result from a transition to natural gas or renewable energy.

    Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010

  • The United Mine Workers of America reached a deal with a coal-industry association to preserve pensions for nearly 120,000 current retirees, their dependents and active miners, but it agreed to a shift toward 401k plans for miners hired in 2012 and beyond.

    Coal Miners Union Sets Pension Deal Kris Maher 2011

  • Arch expects U.S. coal-industry exports to grow this year to 105 million tons, 25% higher than last year.

    Arch Coal to Buy ICG for $3.4 Billion Kris Maher 2011

  • Second and third generation coal miners from Craig and northwestern Colorado made the 8-hour round-trip to the Denver hearing to protest the potential loss of good-paying coal-industry jobs that would result from a transition to natural gas or renewable energy.

    Michele Swenson: The Urgency of Toxic Coal Ash Regulation and the Move to Clean Energy Michele Swenson 2010

  • Utility giant Progress Energy is the latest in a stream of companies to abandon the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), the scandal-ridden coal-industry front group that has dirtied the debate on climate legislation.

    Think Progress » Progress Energy abandons dirty coal front group ACCCE. 2010

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