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Article: Something stinks in Clinton handling of low-sulfur coal.(Business)(Capital Business)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 18, 1997
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Last week, I wrote about how the Clinton White House effectively locked up the largest "clean coal" reserve in the United States and handed a virtual monopoly over the environmentally friendly fuel to Indonesian interests connected to the Lippo Group conglomerate, controlled by the Riady family.
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