Judge OKs Coal Dust Suit Deal Between BNSF, Green Groups

By Keith Goldberg (May 2, 2017, 6:13 PM EDT) -- A Washington federal judge on Tuesday approved a deal between BNSF Railway Co. and seven environmental groups ending a suit claiming that coal dust regularly flies off the company's trains and into waterways, with BNSF agreeing to put $1 million toward environmental projects and to study methods for covering coal trains....

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