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Environmentalists Continued Protests Mountaitop Coal Mining Exploration
Environmentalists call it mountaintop mining – the process of removing the mountain surfaces to extract as much coal as possible, then placing the excess material in surrounding valleys. It keeps utility prices down and brings money into the state, but hundreds of environmentalists rallied in Frankfort Thursday, saying it’s not worth it because it destroys [...]
Grande Cache Continued Development Surface Coal Mining In Smoky River Coalfield
Grande Cache Corp., A metallurgical coal mining company, has received permission to continue the development of surface coal mining in the Smoky River Coalfield.
Coal mines will be explored a new coal mines, mining exploration company expected to produce coal in the first quarter of 2011.
Mayfly To Be Protected Habitat at Expense of Coal Mining Exploration in US Mountaintops Coal Mine
Mayflies may seal the fate of mountaintop mining in the Appalachian hills of the eastern U.S.
Companies such as Massey Energy Co. that mine coal there by stripping mountain peaks and dumping debris in streams are being asked by the Environmental Protection Agency for the first time to safeguard the mayfly, one of the oldest winged [...]
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 [...]
Coal Mine Exploration and Dumping of Mine Regulation at Mountaintop
Environmental safety is the rightful citizens, so that people can live comfortably by tercemar does not damage the environment. To ensure that the environment remains comfortable, they should be made a rule or regulation so that every community or company that will make the industrial development or to perform the exploration of natural wealth must [...]
Armstrong Coal Company Waiting Permit To Explore Underground Mine in Muhlenberg Country
There is new information Monday about two mines the Armstrong Coal Company plans to open in the Tri-State.
Coal Mining Industry Concerns EPA Policy : Mountaintop Mining Permits in West Virginia and Kentucky
Gov. Joe Manchin went to Washington, DC., to meet with senior White House environmental officials Wednesday to discuss coal industry concerns after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency blocked some mountaintop mining permits in West Virginia and Kentucky.
National Coal Corp. Reported Finance and Coal Mine Exploration and Production 4Q Year End 2008 Result
National Coal Corp., a Central and Southern Appalachian coal producer, reports that for the year ended December 31, 2008, it achieved total revenues of $132.6 million based primarily on the sale of 2.0 million tons of coal.
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.
