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EPA Takes Action to Implement President Trump’s Energy Infrastructure Executive Order
April 24, 2019
In support of President Trump’s executive orders to promote greater certainty in the infrastructure permitting processes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking affirmative steps to promote nationwide consistency and regulatory certainty under a core Clean Water Act (CWA)
Cobalt 27 Celebrates Earth Day 2019 with Launch of New Website
April 24, 2019
Cobalt 27 Capital Corp. celebrated Earth Day 2019 with the launch of its new website “Today, as we celebrate Earth Day with the launch Cobalt 27’s redesigned website, we reflect on the first Earth Day held April 22, 1970, when
Groups Ask Judge to Halt Drilling, Mining in Seven Western States
April 23, 2019
Four conservation groups have asked a judge to block a Trump administration plan allowing drilling, mining and other activities in seven western states they say will harm sage grouse. Western Watersheds Project and other groups asked for the injunction in
DOE’s Coal FIRST Plan to Save Coal Industry Gets $100 Million Infusion
April 23, 2019
During the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump vowed to preserve the coal industry and its workers’ jobs — one of the promises that helped him win big in coal country. But coal-fired power plants steadily closed after President Trump’s election
Testing of Abandoned Mine Shafts Underway at Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex, Pa.
April 23, 2019
A project is underway at the Dorrance Colliery Fan Complex to determine whether two abandoned mine shafts had been backfilled, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Located on Courtright Avenue in the woods along the Susquehanna River near
Obama-Era Judge Slams Brakes on Trump’s Order to Open Federal Lands to Coal Mining
April 23, 2019
A federal judge in Montana delayed a Trump administration attempt to open up more federal lands to coal mining Friday, The New York Times reported. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris ruled that the Trump administration illegally overturned a moratorium
Could Coal Become the Savior of Dry Bulk Market?
April 23, 2019
The disruption in the iron ore seaborne trade this year has been well documented, together with the negative impact that this development has had in the Capesize dry bulk segment. However, analysts point out that coal trade could prove to
Reopening of Pocahontas Exhibition Mine Delayed Until July, Virginia
April 23, 2019
The reopening of the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine has been delayed until late Juiy. Pocahontas Mayor Ben Gibson said work has not progressed enough on a renovation project to open it safely before then, and the delay was caused by a
New Gold Secures Green Light for $1.3 Billion Blackwater Gold Project, Canada
April 22, 2019
Mining firm New Gold has secured conditional approval from the federal government to go ahead with the proposed C$1.8 billion ($1.3 billion) Blackwater gold project in central British Columbia. Located 160km southwest of Prince George and 100km south of Vanderhoof
Hudbay Plans June Construction Start for Rosemont Copper Mine, Arizona
April 22, 2019
Hudbay Minerals Inc. plans to start early construction work on the Rosemont Mine in June, on utility lines to get water and power to the site and some “minor” drilling at the site, a company lawyer told a federal judge
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