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US Gov’t mulls raising royalties for coal mining in public lands

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2017 | 6:25 am Energy Europe Coal 

The US government flagged this week the need to modernize rules governing coal sales from public lands to offset the climate change effects of burning the fuel and give taxpayers a fair return. In a preliminary report released Wednesday, which is...

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