World’s largest private coal company could maybe, finally go bust

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By Katie HerzogMar 3, 2016, 3:59 pm102 pts
What happens when Big Coal goes bankrupt? Coal companies spend generations tearing up land, ruining communities, and pumping carbon into the atmosphere, and — in theory — it’s up to them to make repairs afterward. But if they declare bankruptcy, however, someone else — namely, the American taxpayer…

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