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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.
Inspector Shortage Hampers West Virginia Coal Mine Safety Effort (Update)
An inability to retain inspectors is hurting West Virginia’s efforts to make the inherently dangerous business of coal mining safer.
Faced with a turnover rate topping 20 percent, the state is scrambling — for the second consecutive year — to perform five mandatory annual inspections at each of the state’s 230 coal mines.
West Virginia Struggle to Maintain Coal Mine Exploration
An inability to retain inspectors is hurting West Virginia’s efforts to make the inherently dangerous business of coal mining safer.
Faced with a turnover rate topping 20 percent, the state is scrambling — for the second consecutive year — to perform five mandatory annual inspections at each of the state’s 230 coal mines.
Coal Mines Exploration Operator Massey Energy Co. Wanted by Illegally Refusing
Without court intervention, coal operator Massey Energy Co. will get what it wanted by illegally refusing to rehire union workers at a West Virginia coal mine, a National Labor Relations Board lawyer argued Friday.
The NLRB wants a federal injunction requiring Massey to rehire 85 United Mine Workers members and recognize and negotiate with the union [...]
Coal Mines Industry Snatching Up Coal Mining Engineering Students
The coal industry is so hungry for workers that at least some coal companies are snatching up coal mining engineering students before they make it through four years of college.
“Our mining engineering technology only has about 10 students in the entire program right now,” Roger Owensby said. “Some students start out in the program, but [...]
Mining battle marked by peaks and valleys
In the hamlets scattered across the coal fields of southern Appalachia, the news from the courthouse was a breath of fresh air to many: A federal judge had sided with environmentalists fighting to stop a form of destructive strip mining known as mountaintop removal.
Maria Gunnoe, 38, could barely contain her glee. Mountaintop-removal operations are [...]
Mining battle marked by peaks and valleys
In the hamlets scattered across the coal fields of southern Appalachia, the news from the courthouse was a breath of fresh air to many: A federal judge had sided with environmentalists fighting to stop a form of destructive strip mining known as mountaintop removal.
Maria Gunnoe, 38, could barely contain her glee. Mountaintop-removal operations are leveling [...]
