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EPA to Delay Mountaintop Coal Mining Exploration Permit in Appalachia
President Barack Obama’s administration put the brakes on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits in four states Wednesday, saying they would violate the Clean Water Act.
The action is the administration’s latest attempt to curb environmental damage from a highly efficient but damaging mining practice known as mountaintop removal. Each permit likely would cause significant [...]
Impact EPA Mining Permit Review : Coal Mining Companies Worried About Mine Permit Reviews
The Obama administration’s decision to hold coal mining permits to a high environmental standard has struck a note of economic fear in Appalachia, where mining — including the kind of mining that blows up mountaintops — has been a shield against hard times afflicting the rest of the nation.
Amstrong Coal Company Hopes To Open Two New Coal Mining Project and Up To 200 Mining Jobs
While many employers are cutting workers, the coal industry is adding to its payroll. The Armstrong Coal Company says it hopes to open two new mines. An underground mine in Muhlenberg County and a surface mine in Ohio County.
Clean Water Act Permit for Open and Development Coal Mining Industry
In a blow to environmentalists and a huge victory for the coal mining industry, a federal appeals court recently overturned a lower court’s ruling that called for more extensive environmental review of mountaintop removal sites.
Leighton Expanded Coal Mining Exploration To Buy Mongolian Coal Mine
Leighton Holdings Ltd has purchased the mining rights to a coal mine in Mongolia, according to Mongolia Web News.
Mine Exploration Regulation, Compromise Coal-Mine Bill on Pollution Likely to be Law
State legislators have abandoned a proposal to strip the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to limit water pollution from coal mines.
Exploration and Development Coal-Mine, Protect Coal-Mining Jobs Thema US President Campaign
Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain are duking it out over who will pump more government money into controversial plans to control greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Officials from both campaigns promise that their candidate backs “clean coal,” will protect coal-mining jobs and ensure a priority spot for coal in the nation’s energy [...]
Mine Exploration Regulation, US Coal Mine Exploration and Industry Wary Candidate President Plan
Ohio’s powerful coal industry has warm feelings for Appalachia native Gov. Ted Strickland, the man who’s trying to teach presidential hopeful Barack Obama how to win votes in rural areas in this crucial swing state.
Despite the similarities in the two Democrats’ views of energy policy, the industry hasn’t showered the U.S. senator from Illinois with [...]
Buckeye Mining Expected Baard Energy’s Proposed $5 billion Coal Mine To Fuel Conversion Plant
Buckeye Mining gets grant for coal transloading facility. The coal transloading facility is to be located on 18 acres of Columbiana County Port Authority property being leased by Buckeye Industrial. The property is located in the Port Authority’s riverfront industrial park in Wellsville. Baard plans to build its coal conversion plant across state Route 7 [...]
