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Laura Peterson

Laura Peterson is an investigator with the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight.

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Off the Hook

Zinke’s Interior Dept. Gives Law-Breaking Coal Firm a Pass

Under Trump, violations against three of the Farrell-Cooper Mining Company’s mines have been quietly dismissed—leaving landowners whose land was ruined furious.

Laura Peterson

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