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• n  fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
• n  a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
• v  burn to charcoal
• v  supply with coal
• v  take in coal
  The big ship coaled

• ember
• char

News & Articles

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• Coal on the Wrong Side of Energy's Future
  Coal companies are counting on exports to save them, but they're in for a surprise as the future of energy unfolds.        
  June 15, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Coal mine discrimination suit close to resolution
  A lawsuit against a western Kentucky coal mine accused of discriminating against black job applicants appears to be nearing a settlement. River View Coal, a subsidiary of Tulsa, Okla.-based Alliance Resource ...
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Ky. coal mine settles racial discrimination suit
  A western Kentucky coal mine accused of discriminating against black job applicants has settled a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. River View Coal, a subsidiary of Tulsa, ...
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Robert Byrd in Beckley Register-Herald
  I told Byrd if you pave every single inch of West Virginia, it's going to be much harder to mine coal,he said, drawing a hearty laugh. "And he told me, 'The Constitution does not prohibit humble servants from delivering whatever they can...
• President Bush in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  Energy was one of the six main topics in Tuesday's speech, with Bush saying "we must continue changing the way America generates electric power -- by even greater use of clean-coal technology, solar and wind energy, and clean, safe nuclear power."
• Ashley Judd in The Associated Press
  It is time to retire the cynical and superficial coal company-created argument that we must choose between people, their jobs, and our mountains,Judd said. "That is simply false, fear-based and fear-mongering."