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New federal judge rules climate impacts must be considered

RBC I The Colorado coal industry has been bristling for two weeks, following the second ruling by a federal judge in Denver calling for climate impacts to be included in assessments of mining endeavors.

In a ruling, federal district Judge R. Brooke Jackson declared that a federal agency should have considered the greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal before approving revised permits for two mines in northwest Colorado, Colowyo and Trapper, a decision industry officials…