Articles by Joe Smyth
Joe Smyth is a media officer with Greenpeace.
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Alpha coal executives get $2 million bonuses amid falling stock price and record Clean Water Act fines
Alpha Natural Resources, the third largest US coal company, had a rough few days in the stock market last week. First, it tumbled after news that the company would have […]
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Meet Ross Bhappu, the money behind coal export proposals on the Columbia River
The coal industry’s efforts to export huge amounts of taxpayer-owned coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia has generated unprecedented opposition in the Pacific Northwest – tens of thousands of […]
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Secretary Jewell highlights Pacific Northwest climate impacts, but dodges questions about coal leasing
The same week that a Government Accountability report highlighted problems with the way the Interior Department is leasing taxpayer owned coal, Interior Secretary Jewell was touring the Pacific Northwest to […]
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Senator Markey calls on Secretary Jewell to suspend federal coal leases, as Peabody brags about exporting our coal
Senator Ed Markey called for a suspension of new federal coal lease sales this week, following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that highlighted problems with the […]