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October 10, 2017

SCOTUS Denies Appeal of Death-Trap Coal Mine Owner Don Blankenship

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to take up the case of an ex-coal baron convicted of fraud and conspiracy after the worst mining accident in decades. Justices denied the opportunity to hear the appeal of Don Blankenship, the former Massey Energy CEO found criminally liable for the 2010 disaster at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in West Virginia. Twenty-nine workers were killed after explosions rocked the mine. Blankenship was convicted in late 2015 for deceiving federal mining and securities regulators and for willfully violating…

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Pruitt Get His Chance, Moves to Kill the Clean Power Plan

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The deconstruction of President Obama’s environmental agenda continues apace, with the most sweeping regulatory component of the last administration now in the sights of the Trump White House. On Tuesday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt formally proposed a rule to repeal the 2015 Clean Power Plan (CPP) aimed at slowing global warming. “The war on coal is over,” Pruitt said Monday at an event in Kentucky, announcing his intentions.  A former Attorney General of Oklahoma, Pruitt previously sued the Obama administration to kill…

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