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Taku Gold Acquires Golden Predator’s Sonora Gulch Gold Project in White Gold District of Yukon
August 23, 2017
Taku Gold Corp. has entered into a property option agreement with Golden Predator Mining Corp. to which the company has the option to acquire Golden Predator’s 100 perecent interest in the Sonora Gulch Property located in the southern part of
Mine Closings Said to Have Made Coal Country’s Drinking Water Worse
August 22, 2017
An in-depth report on water infrastructure around the U.S. found coal mine closings in West Virginia have only made things worse for coal country’s drinking water. “As many as 63 million people — nearly a fifth of the country —
Al Gore’s Carbon Footprint Hypocrisy
August 22, 2017
Al Gore’s carbon footprint is the size of Godzilla’s, but to hear the liberal New Republic magazine’s Emily Atkin tell it, it really “doesn’t matter.” But it doesn’t really matter only if “do as I say, not as I do”
Global Carbon Strategies Looking to Burn Methane from Retired West Ridge Coal Mine, Utah
August 22, 2017
Coal and trona mines are a big source of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas. Long after land that has been mined is restored, heat-trapping methane can still leak into the atmosphere. Now a Colorado business is developing a plan
Corsa Coal Credits Trump for Opening of Another Coal Mine in Pennsylvania
August 22, 2017
Corsa Coal plans to reopen a long shuttered coal mine in Pennsylvania. Corsa’s CEO credited the policies of President Donald Trump and declared “the war on coal is over,” according to Fox News. The company said renovations will begin next
Wisconsin Introduces Bill to End Moratorium on Mining
August 22, 2017
Wisconsin’s mining moratorium law would be jettisoned under a bill proposed Thursday by two Republican legislators that could spur plans for new mining in northern Wisconsin. Environmentalists have been expecting that Republicans, who control the Legislature, would introduce legislation to
Government Halts Study of Coal Surface Mining’s Health Effects
August 22, 2017
Federal mining regulators have told the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to halt its study of the health risks for people living near Appalachian surface coal mines. The Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, which
Noront Resources Gets Green Light for Development of Ring of Fire Project, Canada
August 22, 2017
After years of negotiations and delays, the provincial government is moving ahead with an all-season road to the Ring of Fire chromite mining development. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced Monday in Thunder Bay that agreements have been reached with the Webequie,
Piece of History Added to Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine Museum, Pennsylvania
August 21, 2017
A piece of our area’s mining heritage is now on display at a museum in Schuylkill County. A 35-foot headframe from a coal mine was unveiled Monday morning at the Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine Museum in Ashland. The museum received
Manchin Says He Won’t Join Trump’s Cabinet as Energy Secretary
August 21, 2017
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said he has no plans to become Donald Trump’s Energy Secretary, an idea that was floated as a way to let the state’s Republican governor name a successor and advance the president’s stalled agenda in Congress.
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