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Patriot Coal to Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining

The Leaders of the Coalition Supporting the TN Scenic Vistas Protection Act Plan the Next Move Following the Senate Vote
The Leaders of the Coalition Supporting the TN Scenic Vistas Protection Act Plan the Next Move Following the Senate Vote by appalachian.voices
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Bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp. agreed Thursday to become the first U.S. coal operator to phase out and eventually stop all large-scale mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia under an agreement reached with three environmental groups that sued over pollution from several West Virginia operations. St. Louis-based Patriot said the proposed agreement allows it to postpone as much as $27 million in expenses into 2014 and beyond, improving its liquidity and the likelihood it can successfully emerge from Chapter 11 protection as a viable business. Mountaintop removal is a highly efficient but particularly destructive form of strip mining unique to West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. Coal companies blast apart mountain ridge tops to expose multiple coal seams. The resulting rock and debris is dumped in streams, creating so-called valley fills. The deal comes as Patriot tackles litigation that must be resolved during those proceedings.

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President Ben Hatfield

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Michael Brune

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Cecil Roberts

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0"Coal mining has always been an occupation of continuous change, whether it's technological change, changes in mining methods, changes in markets, or changes in regulations," President Cecil Roberts said. ...
0"Coal mining has always been an occupation of continuous change, whether it's technological change, changes in mining methods, changes in markets, or changes in regulations," President Cecil Roberts said. "Companies have always made strategic decisions based on those changes and workers are left to live with the consequences. That is what has happened here."
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Robert Chambers

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City: Patriot

Overall Sentiment: 0.142113

Relevance: 0.896087

StateOrCounty: West Virginia

Overall Sentiment: -0.215939

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Company: Patriot Coal Corp.

Overall Sentiment: -0.0118131

Relevance: 0.883118

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