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Three Australian coal mines have been granted approvals for expansion by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.
A complete reversal of previous government’s policy.
If successful, new coal and gas projects could face greater scrutiny over their impact on the environment.
An outspoken critic of President Obama, charged with conspiring to violate mine safety rules before a deadly explosion, is under orders not to tell jurors he’s being persecuted by Democrats.
Don Blankenship ascended from a modest, single-mother upbringing in Appalachia to personally make almost $20 million off coal in one year.
Is destruction of life, land, and water better under any circumstances? You be the judge.
The rest of the house is just waking as Scottie Sizemore plops down in a rocking chair on his front porch with a cup of coffee. It’s midmorning, but the sun has yet to crest the ridge above, where mist clings like clouds that couldn’t quite make it over.
