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Trump on defensive after comment on Clinton and gun rights
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The presidential contest found Donald Trump trying to move on again from something he said a day earlier. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, looked to...
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Washington voters to decide on nation’s first carbon tax
The smoke stacks at American Electric Power’s (AEP) Mountaineer coal power plant in New Haven, West Virginia, on Oct. 30, 2009. An initiative on Washington’s November ballot asks if the state should...
View ArticleRural Middle America Fights to Get Nation 'Back on Track'
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Bonnie Foster is an activist, a Republican, and the state director of Donald Trump’s Wyoming campaign.She lives in Casper, a city in the middle...
View ArticleKenneth Lonergan on 'Manchester by the Sea.' A Legacy of Exploitation in Coal...
Director Jack O’Brien on “The Front Page” on Broadway, along with actors Dylan Baker and Sherie Rene Scott. Director/screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan and actor Lucas Hedges discuss their film,“Manchester...
View ArticleUncovering a Legacy of Injustice in the Coal Mines of West Virginia
Director Mari-Lynn Evans discusses her new documentary, “Blood on the Mountain,” an investigation into the economic and environmental injustices that have resulted from corporate control in the coal...
View ArticleReversing the Decline of Coal
In a Youtube video released by Donald Trump last night, the President-elect enumerated the issues where he plans to announce executive actions. One of those areas was the coal industry.During the...
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Why cleaning up abandoned coal mines is so important — and difficult
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJOHN YANG: And now to coal and the challenges of cleaning up old mines.With some coal companies in bankruptcy, the money needed to pay for cleanup isn’t always...
View ArticleWhat Coal Country Sees in Donald Trump
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.This week, President-elect Donald Trump claimed to live up to his businessman appeal when he struck a deal with Carrier, a heating and air...
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Rate of black lung disease among miners may be 10 times higher than reported
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Black lung disease is well known for causing the deaths of thousands of American coal miners over decades. Now, a new report finds that miners may be...
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GOP moves to undo Obama rules protecting streams from coal mines
Coal waits to be among the last shipments to be loaded on train cars to depart the Hobet mine in Boone County, West Virginia. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ReutersWASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are...
View ArticleCan President Trump keep his promises to coal country?
All through high school, Dakota Hall wanted to be a coal miner. “Everybody had their dreams about being a basketball player, football player,” he said. “I always just wanted to be a coal miner.”For a...
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In coal country, putting faith in Trump’s economic promises
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: Now a special series this week on the hopes and economic realities of many of those Americans who voted for President Trump.Three reports will take us to Erie County,...
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EPA chief: Trump to undo Obama plan to curb global warming
Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt is sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito at the Executive Office in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carlos Barria/ReutersWASHINGTON — The head of the...
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Trump executive order seeks to reverse Obama’s clean energy regulations
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of...
View ArticleUnclean
This week, President Trump signed an executive order that rolled back key environmental policies, including President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. Robert Stavins joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss why...
View ArticleIt's Just Business
When President Trump signed an order dismantling environmental protections, the photo-op included coal miners. We consider the symbolism and reality of coal country, and what the stereotypes miss....
View ArticleAppalachia Beyond Coal
On Tuesday, President Trump sat flanked by coal miners as he signed an executive order instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to review, and likely dismantle, the Obama Administration's...
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Column: How a reporting trip to coal country inspired my 7-year-old’s science...
Declan presenting at the science fair. Photo by Cameron HickeyBeing a science journalist has its privileges — you get to go places and do things very few people ever get to do. I’ve flown in a...
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Could carbon capturing make ‘clean coal’ a reality?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The future of coal is very much at the center of debate right now when it comes to the politics and business of energy.Whatever you may think about those...
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Column: What does ‘clean coal’ mean and can it save the planet?
Haul trucks move coal as seen during a tour of Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming, U.S. June 1, 2016. The haul trucks operating at North Antelope Rochelle Mine...
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