NEWS — Click on text to read news by category: General | Product | People | Worldwide
EIA Study: Cost is Big Factor for Retired Coal-fired Plants
January 7, 2020
A study by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) found that a larger share of coal-fired electric plants with higher operating and maintenance costs have been retired than those with relatively low operating and maintenance costs. © Shutterstock Since the
U.S. Coal Sector Remains in Rough Shape Heading into 2020
January 7, 2020
The U.S. coal sector is seeing little hope of improvement in the next few years, after a long list of bankruptcies, power plant closures, layoffs and other troubles marred the industry’s timeline over the last decade, writes Taylor Kuykendall, of
National Coal Heritage Area Authority Accepting Grant Applications in W. Va.
January 7, 2020
To support community efforts to interpret, preserve and promote coal heritage resources, the National Coal Heritage Area Authority is seeking proposals for funding for eligible projects within the National Coal Heritage Area. Projects must be implemented within the following counties:
Coal Miners Fire Back After Biden Says they Should be Retrained as Computer Programmers
January 7, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden is being criticized for a recent comment claiming that workers in the nation’s coal industry should be able to be retrained as computer programmers after he kills off their current jobs. The Democratic presidential candidate
W. Va. Senator Manchin Celebrates Pension Program Funding with Miners
January 7, 2020
Standing in front of the United Mine Workers of America District 17 headquarters in Charleston Monday, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., held one last celebration for the signing of a spending package that included funding for a union miner pension
Sago Mine Disaster Remembered Fourteen Years Later
January 7, 2020
Every January 2nd, flowers rest at the base of a memorial in Upshur County dedicated to 12 miners killed in a 2006 mine explosion. It’s been 14 years now since the world’s attention was on Sago, West Virginia. It began
NETL Develops Flexible CCUS Analysis Tools and Resources
January 6, 2020
A first-of-its-kind suite of tools developed by NETL researchers is enabling better decision-making regarding the economic challenges of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and helping stakeholders to effectively evaluate the costs of implementing these technologies in electric power and
Fatality at Murray Energy’s Marshall County Coal Company Mine, W. Va.
January 6, 2020
Raymond Leonard Starkey, 21, was assisting with repairs to a beltline at Murray Energy’s Marshall County Coal Company Mine near Cameron when he was fatally injured Monday afternoon, according to a press release from West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. West
BLM Starts Public Comment Phase for Big Ledge Mine Environmental Assessment, Nevada
January 6, 2020
The Bureau of Land Management Wells Field Office has prepared an Environmental Assessment titled “Big Ledge Mine Plan Amendment” to analyze the impacts of multiple Plan of Operations amendments submitted to the BLM WFO for the Big Ledge Barite Mine
Murray Energy to Close Genesis Coal Mine, Kentucky
January 6, 2020
Employees at the Genesis coal mine in Centertown received WARN notices Thursday morning. This comes after the mine’s parent company, Murray Energy, filed for bankruptcy in October. According to the notice, 250 people will be permanently laid off on February
Page 776 of 1212 pages ‹ First < 774 775 776 777 778 > Last ›
