Obama's Proposed Rule Could Give Away Public-Land Coal for Free

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By John H. Cushman Jr.May 8, 2015, 8:00 am28 pts
The federal plan to fix loopholes that allow coal companies to skimp on royalties might create a sinkhole instead, critics say. By John H. Cushman Jr. Recently proposed federal rules on mining royalties, intended to close loopholes that subsidize exports of coal mined from public lands, may instead end up…

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