Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands

Submitted by miakah on Tue, 08/15/2017 - 10:24
Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
Lipton, E., Meier, B. 2017. Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands. The New York Times.
Year Published: 
2017
Description: 

The Trump administration is wading into one of the oldest and most contentious debates in the West by encouraging more coal mining on lands owned by the federal government. It is part of an aggressive push to both invigorate the struggling American coal industry and more broadly exploit commercial opportunities on public lands.

Category: 
coal, emissions, green house gases, climate change, industry, regulations, policy, planning, legislation, jobs, employment, economy, export,

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Website: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/us/politics/under-trump-coal-mining-gets-new-…