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Fluor Awarded Maintenance Alliance Contract for Coal Power Plants in Georgia and Alabama
July 25, 2016
Fluor Corporation has been awarded a five-year maintenance alliance contract with a Southern Company subsidiary for its North Georgia and Alabama Coastal power generation facilities. These six fossil-fuel power stations generate approximately 10,000 megawatts across the southeast. Fluor’s scope will
MSHA’s Coal Mine Dust Rule Showing Positive Impact
July 25, 2016
A federal rule to protect the nation’s miners from exposure to dangerous levels of coal mine dust is having a significantly positive impact in Phase II, a recent sampling by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Veto of Arch Coal’s Spruce Mine Permit, W. Va.
July 22, 2016
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) followed the law in 2011 when it revoked a company’s mountaintop removal mining permit in West Virginia. It’s the second time that the District of Columbia Circuit Court
Feds Reach Settlement With Navajo Nation Over Uranium Mine Cleanup
July 22, 2016
The federal government has reached another settlement with the Navajo Nation that will clear the way for cleanup work to continue at abandoned uranium mines across the largest American Indian reservation in the U.S. The target includes 46 sites that
Abandoned Mine Reclamation in Virginia May Get Funding Boost
July 22, 2016
An amendment to provide an extra $5 million to help revitalize the economy in coal communities in Southwest Virginia has passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), who introduced the amendment, said $5 million was initially earmarked
Department of the Interior Raises Royalties on Fossil Fuels from Public Lands
July 22, 2016
With little fanfare, on June 30 the Obama administration overhauled how it calculates royalties for fossil fuel extraction on federal land closing what it referred to as a “loophole.” Current regulations allow coal and other fossil fuel companies can sell
Murray Energy CEO: Coal Industry is Virtually Destroyed
July 22, 2016
Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray weighed in on the increasing amount of regulations on the coal industry, President Obama and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s support of green energies. According to Murray, the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton’s campaign
Utah’s BLM Releases Blueprint for Potash Mining, OIl and Gas Development
July 22, 2016
The BLM considered 28,000 comments as part of the agency’s implementation of sweeping oil and gas reforms instituted by the Interior Department in 2010. Two years later, the agency began crafting the draft of the planning document designed to serve
W. Va. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Attacks Coal Regulations at Republican National Convention
July 22, 2016
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito assailed the environmental regulations of President Barack Obama and the email practices of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in urging the Republican National Convention to “turn the tide” to elect a Republican president in November.
Coal Industry Pins Its Best Hope on Trump-Pence Ticket
July 22, 2016
Tuesday’s theme at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland: “Make America Work Again.” Nowhere is the statement more pronounced than the coalfields of West Virginia where thousands of coal miners are out of a job and local and state government
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