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Feds announce moratorium on any new coal leases

RBC I The Interior Department announced Jan. 15 an immediate moratorium on new federal coal leases, as it undertakes a multi-year review of a program that provides about 40 percent of the coal used for electricity nationwide.

The announcement came just days after President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address that he was going to push to change the way the country manages its oil and coal “so that they better…