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Wyoming Bill Would Limit Health Fund to Veteran Coal Miners
February 22, 2018
Coal miners that have worked fewer than 10 years would no longer be eligible for a state fund that assists with medical bills, if a measure that passed in the Wyoming Senate last week continues successfully through the House. Senate
Pennington County Commission Advances Overhaul of Mining Ordinance, South Dakota
February 22, 2018
The Pennington County Commission advanced an overhaul of a mining ordinance Tuesday with a change that would give the commission the final say on mining applications. During a meeting at the County Administration Building, the commissioners went through each page
Poland Coal Imports from United States Rises Five-fold in 2017
February 22, 2018
Economic Times reported that Poland’s coal imports from the United States jumped five-fold last year to 839,000 tonnes due to shortages on the domestic market. Poland, which generates most of its electricity from coal, faced coal shortages last year mostly
FirstEnergy to Deactivate Pleasants Coal Power Plant in 2019, W. Va.
February 22, 2018
Ohio-based electric utility FirstEnergy plans to deactivate the 1.3GW coal-fired Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia in 2019, after failing to get regulatory approvals for a proposed sale of the power plant. In March 2017, Mon Power, a subsidiary of
Talen Energy Reaches Settlement to Phase Out Coal Burning at Brunner Island Power Plant, Pa
February 22, 2018
Talen Energy has reached a settlement with The Sierra Club to phase out coal burning at the 1,567MW Brunner Island power plant in York County, Pennsylvania after December 31, 2028. The company’s decision comes in response to a notice of
February 22: Don Blankenship to Host 5th Town Hall Meeting in Ohio County, W. Va.
February 21, 2018
On Thursday, February 22, Don Blankenship, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and former CEO of Massey Energy Company, will hold his fifth town hall meeting of the campaign in Triadelphia, West Virginia, at the Highlands Event Center. A reception will
February 23: Don Blankenship to Host 6th Town Hall Meeting in Hancock County, W. Va.
February 21, 2018
On Friday, February 23, Don Blankenship, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and former CEO of Massey Energy Company, will hold his sixth town hall meeting of the campaign in Weirton, West Virginia, at Undo’s at the Holiday Inn. A reception
Agnico Eagle’s Whale Tail Gold Project Receives Federal Ministerial Approval, Canada
February 20, 2018
The federal minister for Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs has signed off on a new mining project near Baker Lake, Nunavut. Agnico Eagle’s Whale Tail project is an open-pit gold mine, expected to operate for three to four years, starting
Tundra Carbon Capture Project Advances with Federal Funding, North Dakota
February 20, 2018
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $6 million to researchers for early design work on a system to capture carbon dioxide from an existing North Dakota coal-fired power plant. The grant money will go to advance Project Tundra, a retrofit
Renewed Tax Credits to Assist Developing Clean Coal Technologies, W. Va.
February 20, 2018
Included in the recently passed and signed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 was the Furthering carbon capture, Utilization, Technology, Underground storage and Reduced Emissions Act which extends and expands the Section 45Q carbon sequestration tax credits. U.S. Rep. David McKinley,
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