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Clean coal As the tragedy at the Upper Big Branch Mine unfolds in West Virginia, our hope is that those left alive inside the mine will soon reach the safety of the surface and the comfort of their friends and family. Coal is a way of life for many in this region, but the tragedy helps focus the cost in lives the pursuit of …

Let’s just get this part out of the way: Yes, the Eastern seaboard, including Washington DC, was being hit with a powerful winter storm, bringing March in with the proverbial lion, even as a reported two thousand demonstrators marched from the Capitol to the aging coal-fired Capitol Power Plant in hopes of bringing attention to the urgent need of climate change action from government …