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Energy Secretary: U.S. to Reduce Emissions by Innovations
June 3, 2019
The Trump administration is committed to making fossil fuels cleaner rather than imposing “draconian” regulations on coal and oil, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday at an energy conference in Salt Lake City. Perry previously said the administration wants
North Dakota Counts on Coal as Energy Consumption Increases
June 3, 2019
The state is said to have an 800-year supply of lignite coal beneath its prairies. The supply could last even longer if we allow ourselves to be duped into not mining that coal and putting its energy to use, heating
Promise of Retraining Appalachian Coal Miners to Write Software Code Comes Up Empty
June 3, 2019
Billyjack Buzzard was supposed to be the poster boy for the rebirth of a dying region. Unemployed in 2017, the Appalachian coal miner thought he’d found the ticket that would see him become the last of seven generations in his
Xcel Energy to End All Coal Use in the Upper Midwest
May 30, 2019
Xcel Energy released plans to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled. The acceleration of the coal closures is another milestone in the company’s clean energy transition that includes expanding wind and
Shell Begins Production at Appomattox Oil and Gas Field, Gulf of Mexico
May 29, 2019
The Appomattox field, which is located approximately 128km southeast of Louisiana in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, has commenced production. Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, and its partners have commenced production from the Appomattox floating production system
Electric Car Demand Spurs Plans to Revive Lithium Mine, North Carolina
May 29, 2019
Piedmont North Carolina’s gold-mining history is well known. Not so well known is that mines west of Charlotte once produced most of the world’s supply of another important element — lithium. Those mines in Gaston County shut down nearly three
Dispute Over Contura Coal’s Permit Transfer Ends in Delay, Wyoming
May 29, 2019
Contura Coal West would like to renew and transfer permits for the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines over to another coal company: Blackjewel. In August 2018, Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) deemed the permit application technically complete. Following
Fertoz Signs Multiple Canada-focused Permitting and Phosphate Distribution Agreements
May 29, 2019
Fertoz Ltd has signed a bulk sample permit with authorities in Canadian province British Columbia for the Alberta section of the company’s Fernie project, which will allow it to mine and distribute phosphate ore to Canadian organic farms. This will
Senate and Congress Introduce Bill to Boost Use of Coal Sludge to Make Steel
May 29, 2019
A bipartisan group of senators and congressmen introduced a bill Friday that would subsidize the use of coal sludge to produce steel. The Steel Industry Preservation Act, introduced by lawmakers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, would institute a tax
Montana Limestone Resources On Way to Getting Permitted
May 28, 2019
Montana Limestone Resources, the proposed Dennis Washington-owned lime mine near Drummond, is initiating the work of getting started. The Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment as it begins to prepare an environmental assessment document for the proposed limestone
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