Financier Nathaniel Rothschild has lost his bid to oust the current board of coal mining giant Bumi, the company he helped to found.

BBC: Bumi: Rothschild defeated in battle to oust board

Lord Robens, ex-Labour Minister and Chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), refused to go immediately to Aberfan.

BBC: Aberfan book reveals 'uncaring' government

There is no big paternalistic employer like the old Coal Board.

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Every day as Ryan prepares to go underground, he checks a bulletin board listing the latest coal closures.

CNN: The war over coal is personal

Thursday, Coal India's board approved a company proposal to pay an interim dividend of 9.70 rupees a share.

WSJ: Coal India End Down as Stock Trades Ex-Dividend

Last month Schrder picked a Veba man, Werner Mller, a board member at Veba's coal power operations, to become Germany's Economics Minister.

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Graham Morgan, chairman of Cinderford Regeneration Board, said some of the buildings left in the former coal mining area had "not been touched" since the mid-1960s.

BBC: Cinderford, Forest of Dean

In 2006 the Illinois Pollution Control Board adopted mercury pollution standards of its own, which required all coal plants to install technologies to reduce mercury pollution by 90% or more by 2009 and 2013.

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The shares initially rose as intended, but soon dropped as coal prices fell, putting pressure on the Bakries' financial position and exposing tensions within the board.

WSJ: London Needs Full Inquest

The United States, by contrast, uses less coal, uses more renewable power, emits less carbon dioxide, emits fewer pollutants across the board, and is continually reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants.

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