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coal

[kohl] / koʊl /


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The Justice family runs a sprawling coal mining enterprise that extends across the South.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

"If you electrify and you increase coal, then what are you doing?" veteran COP observer and E3G analyst Alden Meyer told AFP in Bonn.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Or were they particularly fragile canaries in an epidemiological coal mine?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

According to Rystad Energy, there’s a “significant near-term surge” in demand for coal in Asia.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Summer cooled to the final autumn, and when the leaves blew yellow past the windowsill and the air smelled like coal smoke, Izio reached out and held my hand in the dark.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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