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War on Coal
November 3, 2017
MagazineEmily Atkin
The New Coal Crisis
By loosening environmental regulations, Trump risks making a serious public-health hazard critical.
March 18, 2017
Kevin Baker
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless White Mind
Bernie Sanders's town hall in “Trump Country” revealed a longing for a past that never was.
August 4, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Attacking Obama's Climate Plan Won't Save America's Dying Coal Industry
May 28, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton Should Declare Her Own "War on Coal"
November 19, 2014
Elaine Teng
Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Support an Environmental Policy That Republicans Hate
May 30, 2014
Danny Vinik
Conservatives Call Obama's New EPA Rules a 'War on Coal,' But the Real War Will Be in the States
May 29, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
One More Reason Obama's Power Plant Rules Will Make the GOP Nuts
January 21, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
200 Things Obama Can Do For the Environment—Without Congress
September 20, 2013
Molly Redden
Obama's Climate-Change Brawl Began Today

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