Last coal baron makes his stand as mines vanish around him
Robert Murray is trying to beat US regulations, which he says are strangling his industry
Washington
AT 75, Robert Murray may be the last of the old-time coal barons. He's not about to go quietly.
At a time when the US coal industry is beset on all sides - by environmentalists, by regulators, by the economics of shale gas - Mr Murray has positioned himself as King Coal's warrior-in-chief. And his main antagonist is the country's commander-in-chief.
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