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EVENT: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Headlines Rally against Exporting Dirty Coal

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leads a noon rally in Portland to expose controversial plans that threaten Oregon and Washington with dangerous coal exports. A strong proponent of clean energy and a vocal critic...

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Hundreds Protest Coal Exporting at Rally with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

“Oregon and Washington leaders are faced with a choice between healthy communities with a clean energy future or becoming tied to trafficking coal, the most toxic fuel on earth,” stated Robert F....

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U.S. Rep. Markey Releases Report on Increase in Coal Exports

American families are being subjected to coal mine pollution and damage, just so exports to China and other foreign nations can increase. The coal may be shipped to foreign markets, but the diseases,...

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The True Costs of U.S. Coal Exports

A report released today concludes that a massive buildup of U.S. coal exports through the Pacific Northwest would threaten public health and cause serious environmental degradation to the region’s...

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Montanans Stage Multi-Day Sit-in to Oppose Arch Coal Export Mine

We are not going to sacrifice our health, our land and water, our private property and our pride to become a coal colony for Asia. It is time to protect the last best place from the horrific effects of...

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Kentucky Sells Its Soul to India’s Company Store

In keeping with its annual subsidy of more than $115 million to the state's welfare-laden coal industry, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced yesterday that his beleaguered state has signed a 25-year...

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23 Arrested in Fight to Stop Coal Exports

Last week, the Coal Export Action made history in Montana with 23 activists arrested in a sustained act of nonviolent civil disobedience aimed at drawing attention to the deadly impacts of coal exports...

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Oregon Says No to Coal Exports Putting Environment and Public Health Before...

Portland's council vote was just the latest example in a string of cities and municipalities demanding environmental reviews and putting the interests of communities and public health before Big Coal...

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Five Reasons to Stop Coal Exports in Its Tracks

As a long-time global economic leader and industrial innovator, the U.S. is both well-equipped and ethically responsible for showing leadership and innovation to reduce fossil fuel consumption and...

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Coal Exports Booming at U.S. Taxpayers’ Expense

So why should the U.S. taxpayer care? Companies sending coal to be burned in other countries are getting access to taxpayer-owned lands for very cheap...

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World Energy Outlook 2012—The Good, the Bad and the Really, Truly Ugly

In a report that leads with the “good news” of impending U.S. oil supremacy, to calmly suggest that the world is headed for that 3.6 degree C mark is like placing a thermonuclear bomb in a...

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Carbon-Addicted U.S. Shifts from User to Pusher While Repudiating Renewable...

That’s not the end of the story though, as the coal industry has reacted to the loss of domestic markets by looking overseas. It wants to extract resources especially from the Powder River Basin in...

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Waterkeepers Worldwide Stand Strong Against Global Impacts of Coal Trafficking

MARC YAGGI - As you read this, the Army Corps of Engineers is holding a series of public hearings on a proposal to build the largest coal-export terminal in North America. A consortium of investors,...

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Battle Over Coal Trafficking Heats Up at Hearing

WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE — On Dec. 4 in Spokane, Washington, more than 800 people packed the Spokane County Fairgrounds for the fifth of seven scheduled public hearings on the proposed Cherry Point coal...

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Battle Over Coal Exports Continues as Tanker Accident Adds to Laundry List of...

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — People in Washington and Oregon have been turning out in force to protest the coal industry’s plans to send millions of tons of dirty fuel through their backyards, and an...

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NO COAL EXPORTS: Tell the Corps of Engineers to Analyze all Impacts of the...

WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE — This petition unites the voices of people across the globe who demand U.S. leaders take seriously the threat posed by the trafficking of coal ...

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Waterkeepers Join Thousands at Final Public Hearing on Proposed Coal Export...

WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE — A growing coalition of Northwest residents are traveling hundreds of miles to make sure agencies understand their strong opposition to dangerous coal transport through their...

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Full-Throttle Battle Underway to Stop Coal Chute to China

THINKPROGRESS — In the Pacific Northwest, activists and their allies are ramping up for a full-throttle battle over a proposal to haul coal across the west for export to China ...

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Oil Remains King, But Coal and Natural Gas Use Continue to Grow

WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE — Coal production, like consumption, is concentrated mainly in China. But the U.S. holds the largest proved coal reserves, with 28 percent of the global total, followed by ...

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Bipartisan Senators Call for Investigation of Taxpayer Losses from Coal Exports

THINKPROGRESS — Approximately 43 percent of the coal produced in the U.S. comes from public lands managed by the government and owned by all Americans. Public lands are home to some of the richest coal...

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