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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>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>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2019/05/08/cloud-peak-races-towards-bankruptcy/]]></link>
		<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>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 Exports: Still a Risky Business</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2018/10/30/us-coal-exports-still-risky-business/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The economics of West Coast coal exports stink—even well-positioned coal companies are struggling to make money. | A few years back, coal exports were a hot topic up and down the Northwest coast. The coal industry had proposed no fewer than nine export projects from Oakland, California, through Vancouver, British Columbia, all designed to ship coal to Asia. One by one, each proposal died, falling victim to a potent cocktail of political opposition and dismal economics. And the economics were really, truly terrible. By 2015, a multi-year...]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Peak Retreats from Coal Exports</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2017/03/06/cloud-peak-retreats-from-coal-exports/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the way coal exports end: not with a bang but a whimper. | In another sign of the collapsing prospects for West Coast coal exports, Cloud Peak Energy&#8212;one of the largest coal producers in the American West and the best positioned coal exporter in the vast Powder River Basin&#8212;recently announced that it had extricated itself from long-term contracts to move coal into Pacific Rim markets. It was a costly retrenchment: the company gave up nearly $10 million that was held in escrow accounts and still...]]></description>
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		<title>Coal Trains Mean Coal Dust&#8212;Period</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2016/05/04/coal-trains-mean-coal-dust-period/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2016 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[And trackside communities should worry. | So much coal dust escapes from the open-top rail cars used for transporting coal that it can create safety problems for rail traffic. Coal dust deposits sometimes cause spontaneous fires, and in 2005, for example, coal dust that had accumulated in ballast, the layer of crushed rock that supports rail tracks, caused derailments. Given the coal export industry’s designs on the Northwest, it is important for residents to know more...]]></description>
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		<title>From Montana to the Coast, Coal Dust Threatens Human Health</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2016/04/04/from-montana-to-the-coast-coal-dust-threatens-human-health/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study shows Bellingham and Longview terminals would harm communities along rail route. | Update 4/4/16: The Gateway Pacific Terminal project has requested a temporary suspension of the proposal&#8217;s environmental review process. If the coal industry gets its way, the Columbia River Gorge will soon host dozens of loaded coal trains each day, carrying as much as 96 million tons annually to export terminals in Washington. It’s an amount of coal so vast that a year’s worth of the cargo would dwarf even the biggest landscape...]]></description>
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		<title>Five Key Facts about Collapsing Coal Exports</title>
		<link><![CDATA[https://www.sightline.org/2016/01/12/five-key-facts-about-collapsing-coal-exports/]]></link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The reality: China is using less coal, and US coal exports just can't compete. | I spend so much time immersed in the minutiae of coal markets that I forget that most people&#8212;the normal ones, I mean&#8212;pay almost no attention to trends in the global coal industry. There&#8217;s no shame in that, obviously. Still, based on conversations I had with friends and family over the holidays, it&#8217;s clear that lots of people have some serious misconceptions about coal exports. The folks with whom I chatted were gobsmacked to find out that global coal...]]></description>
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