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BREAKING: PBS Coals lays off 138
PBS Coals, Inc. and its affiliate, RoxCoal, Inc., will immediately idle its Roytown and Hart mines in Somerset County and lay off 138 employees from various sites. The affected employees were officially briefed on the situation today. PBS attributes the...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Labor Markets, Layoffs and Downsizing, Environmental Issues, Employees
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Chicago City Council approves bulk electricity buying plan 50-0
Clout StreetThe Chicago City Council today unanimously voted to approve a deal for the city to buy electricity in bulk on behalf of residents and small businesses. The 50-0 vote gives Mayor Rahm Emanuel permission to ink the deal with Integrys Energy Services as...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Politics, Daniel Solis, Local Government, Government
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St. Michael wastewater plant to benefit both the environment and the mining industry
Daily American Staff WriterST. MICHAEL — Coal industry leaders and environmental activists alike are touting a new, privately funded wastewater treatment plant that will protect and create jobs while cleaning up local waterways. Rosebud Mining Co. announced Tuesday that...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Water, Rivers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Top stories for 2012
Daily American Staff Writer1. Good news for Route 219. Route 219 was chosen as the top news story in Somerset County this year, as voted by the Daily American news department staff. On March 14, the Senate passed a two-year $109 billion transportation bill that includes...Tags: Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Zimmerman, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Punishment
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Roanoke-based Southern Coal gets AEP contract, recalls workers
Southern Coal Corp. is recalling several hundred laid-off miners in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia and plans to hire 650 new workers. Roanoke-based Southern Coal announced Tuesday that it has entered into a multiyear contract to supply coal to...
Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Earl Ray Tomblin, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Steve Beshear
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Setback dealt to SS Badger on coal ash dumping
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Congress has handed a defeat to owners of a passenger ferry that dumps coal ash into Lake Michigan as it travels between Wisconsin and Michigan. The U.S. House Wednesday passed a Coast Guard reauthorization bill that stripped...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Senate
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Indian parliament adjourns with hoots and chants over coal scandal
World NowIndia law corruption parliament: Indian Parliament Adjourns over latest corruption scandal involving coal allocation.... -
India hosts Pakistani lawmakers during Parliament meltdown
World NowPakistan India law : Pakistani Parliamentarians visit India during week of legislative meltdown.... -
Australians torn over promises, risks of coal-seam 'fracking'
World NowGlobal Focus: Fracking Australia -- Lock the Gate appears to be a fitting name for Australia’s protest movement against hydraulic fracturing. It took activists years to identify threats to public health from "fracking," a classic case of getting... -
Turn to the dark side
If your relationship with chicken began with nuggets and stalled amid the supermarket's plastic-sealed trays of skinless/boneless breasts, we've got a bone to pick with you.
It's time to give bone-in chicken a chance, from the whole bird to the...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Parsley, Iron (dietary supplement)
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Extreme energy, extreme weather
There were no tornado warnings last Friday night, when I muted the Nationals game around 11 p.m. I listened intently through my living-room window. A train, I thought. Definitely a train. I should have known better. The warnings have been building for...
Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Weather Warnings, NASA, Global Warming, International Energy
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January 13: Lunchbreak - Ultimate Camp Cooking
WGN News81st Annual Chicago Boat, RV & Outdoors Show January 12 through January 16 McCormick Place 2301 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago www.chicagoboatshow.com Demonstrations: Friday, January 14: 12:30, 3:30, 5:30 Saturday, January 15: 12:30, 3:30, 5:30 Sunday,...Tags: Sports, McCormick Place, WGN, Parmesan Cheese, Peppers
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