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President Obama to revamp coal industry, calls miners to 'invest in the future'

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2016 | 3:45 am Energy Canada China Europe Coal 

[caption id="attachment_842277" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Obama's State of the Union address. (Screenshot from White House video)[/caption] US President Barack Obama has promised an overhaul of coal mining on public lands, handing a major blow to the struggling industry. In his final...

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