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Ioneer Develops New Mining Plan to Protect Tiehm’s Buckwheat Plant, Nevada

May 15, 2023

Rhyolite Ridge in Nevada is one of the only two major known global deposits of lithium-boron. It’s also the location of the only known population of the Tiehm’s buckwheat plant, a rare wildflower listed as endangered by the U.S Fish

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Senator Capito Pledges Formal Challenge to EPA’s Newest Power Plant Regulations

May 15, 2023

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the statement below on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of

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GreenLight Metals Secures Driling Approval in Wisconsin

May 15, 2023

A mining company has received conditional approval to begin exploratory drilling for copper and gold in northern Wisconsin, but state regulators say it must still meet additional requirements before the work can begin. Canadian company GreenLight Metals, doing business as

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The Nerd’s Guide to Biden’s New Climate Rule

May 15, 2023

President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday proposed powerful new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from the nation’s coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. The rule, which covers existing fossil fuel plants as well as future ones, clocks in at 681

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Why Coal Exports Rose Sharply for CONSOL Energy, First Time in Company’s 150-Year History

May 12, 2023

With a sharp drop over the past several months in the amount of coal being used to create electricity, CONSOL Energy Inc. sold more coal internationally and for industrial use than for the domestic coal-burning power plant markets for the

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EPA Proposes New Carbon Pollution Standards for Coal and Natural Gas Power Plants

May 12, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new carbon pollution standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants. The proposal for coal and new natural gas power plants would avoid up to 617 million metric tons of total carbon dioxide

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NMA: EPA Power Plant Rules Ignore Grid Realities, Reinforces Agency’s Destructive Agenda

May 12, 2023

The National Mining Association (NMA) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s widely publicized planned release of New Source Performance Standards for GHG Emissions from new, modified and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired EGUs; emissions guidelines for GHG emissions from

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EPA Drags Its Feet On Oversight of Carbon Capture Project Permit Applications

May 12, 2023

The U.S. EPA recently responded to a letter from the West Virginia Manufacturers Association joined with seven other business and industry groups from five states to urge the EPA to get the ball rolling on permitting for injection wells used

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Wyoming Gov. Gordon Highlights State’s Energy Leadership from Coal to Nuclear and Carbon Capture

May 12, 2023

Governor Mark Gordon underscored Wyoming’s position as a national leader in energy production and innovation last week during a trip that featured stops at the Kemmerer Mine, the TerraPower Natrium site, and the Shute Creek Carbon Capture and Sequestration project.

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Northern Dynasty’s Pebble Mine Permit Decision Goes Back to USACE, Alaska District

May 11, 2023

Northern Dynasty Minerals said that the April 25, 2023 action by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pacific Ocean Division to remand the permit decision back to the USACE - Alaska District is a strong win for the Pebble

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