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		<title>Purchase of PRB Coal Mines Puts the Navajo Nation at Risk</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2019/10/08/purchase-of-prb-coal-mines-puts-the-navajo-nation-at-risk/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The Navajo Nation could face nearly $1 billion in liabilities to clean up after a coal company. | It’s official: a federal bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Cloud Peak Energy’s three Powder River Basin coal mines&#8212;Spring Creek in Montana, and the Antelope and Cordero Rojo coal mines in Wyoming&#8212;to a company called Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC). A Cloud Peak attorney told the judge that NTEC probably won&#8217;t complete the purchase until the end of next week. But from the perspective of the bankruptcy court, the...]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Bombshells in the Blackjewel Bankruptcy</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2019/07/09/blackjewel-bankruptcy-seven-bombshells/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[A coal baron's testimony reveals financial failure and shocking incompetence. | ]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Peak&#8217;s Bankruptcy: The Winners and Losers</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2019/05/23/cloud-peaks-bankruptcy-the-winners-and-losers/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 12:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The people making the riskiest bets will likely see the biggest rewards.  | Cloud Peak Energy, the coal giant that operates three massive mines in Montana and Wyoming, officially declared bankruptcy on May 10. Bankruptcy cancels debts and shreds IOUs, so if Cloud Peak owes you money, there&#8217;s a good chance you won&#8217;t get it back. At the same time, a handful of corporate insiders, bankers, and high-paid advisors will come through the process flush with cash. So, for those who can stomach...]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Peak Energy Files For Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 22:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Powder River Basin coal giant is the latest fossil fuel domino to fall. | ]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Peak Energy Races Towards Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Coal just can't compete in today's energy market. | Update, May 10: Cloud Peak Energy officially filed for bankruptcy today. It&#8217;s all over but the shouting:The Wall Street Journal reports that Cloud Peak Energy, the Powder River Basin coal giant, will file for bankruptcy within the week. A bankruptcy filing would come as little surprise, given the many warning flares the company had sent up over the last six months. Last November, after reporting dismal third-quarter results, the company...]]></description>
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		<title>Is Coal Still Needed in the Pacific Northwest?</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2018/11/28/is-coal-still-needed-pacific-northwest-john-henry-no-1-mine/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Proposal to reopen King County mine reveals how coal figures into Cascadia’s modern economy. | The Northwest is not exactly the heart of coal country. Over almost a decade of bruising disputes about whether to build export terminals, communities in Oregon and Washington roundly rejected every single proposal the industry brought forward. Clearly, the region sees coal as a dead end, most especially when it means mile-long trains bearing low-grade coal that would be shipped to power plants in Asia. So when the long-shuttered John...]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Peak Energy: A Coal Company Past its Peak</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2018/11/13/cloud-peaks-stock-profit-margins-and-production-continue-to-slide/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Falling sales and collapsing profits signal big trouble for King Coal. | ]]></description>
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		<title>Coal Industry&#8217;s Slow-Motion Collapse Continues</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2018/09/04/coals-industry-slow-motion-collapse-continues/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite moves to stop the slide, coal is steadily getting pushed out of the energy market. | Just over a year ago, President Donald Trump announced the end of the United States&#8217; war against &#8220;beautiful, clean coal.&#8221; Yet the nation&#8217;s appetite for coal-fired power keeps falling, as shown by data from the US Energy Information Administration. As of inauguration day in January 2017, the nation&#8217;s coal-fired power fleet averaged 103 gigawatt-hours of output per month. But by mid-2018, that had fallen to 98 gigawatt-hours. As a result, the coal...]]></description>
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		<title>The Collapse of Coal Self-Bonding</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2018/03/20/the-collapse-of-coal-self-bonding/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[New restrictions and increased vigilance have shrunk self-bonding to just a fraction of its former prominence. | If you care about coal mine cleanup, you should read this article. Really. Investigative journalist Mark Olalde has done a deep dive into the history of &#8220;self-bonding,&#8221; the controversial practice of allowing coal companies to avoid setting aside money to clean up their messes. It&#8217;s an important issue in coal country, and a great read for anyone interested in how the coal industry is evolving after its major players descended...]]></description>
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		<title>Failure for Final Coal Export Project</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2017/09/26/failure-for-final-coal-export-project/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The Northwest’s Thin Green Line defeats every coal scheme.  | The Thin Green Line all started in 2010 with a coal export proposal at Longview, Washington, on the Columbia River. Backed by an unscrupulous Australian company, the Millennium Bulk project would have shipped by rail and then vessel a staggering 44 million tons of coal per year to markets in Asia. Today, the Washington Department of Ecology denied permits for the project, citing unavoidable harms in nine environmental areas that...]]></description>
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