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Agnico Eagle Mines and Teck Honored for Sustainability, Corporate Knights List of 2021
January 29, 2021
Two mining companies with operations in Alaska and northern Canada, Agnico Eagle Mines and Teck Resources, landed on the Corporate Knights list of 2021 Global 100 Sustainable Corporations, an index of the most sustainable corporations in the world. With an
West Virginia Lawmakers React to Biden’s Climate Change Actions
January 29, 2021
The Biden administration has taken multiple actions in its first seven days to address climate change, which has some West Virginia officials worried about the related effects on a state reliant on fossil fuels. President Joe Biden signed executive orders
Eagle Specialty Minerals’ Permit at Eagle Butte Mine in Question Over Royalty Payments, Wyoming
January 29, 2021
A landowner group has asked state regulators not to renew Eagle Specialty Minerals’ permit to mine coal at Eagle Butte until the company settles delinquent royalty payments, addresses outstanding environmental violations outside Wyoming and answers questions about the long term
Biden’s Early Climate Blitz Goes Faster, Further Than Expected
January 29, 2021
Oil and gas companies knew they would face a fight with President Joe Biden, who had campaigned on tackling climate change. Nobody expected fossil fuel to come under such an immediate attack. Biden didn’t quietly sidetrack the Keystone XL pipeline
Cargill to Close Its Avery Island Salt Mine, Louisiana
January 29, 2021
Cargill will permanently end of salt production at its mine in Avery Island, Louisiana. The company had originally planned to halt hoisting salt from the mine later in 2021 because the lease, with the landowner Avery Island Inc., expires at
Peninsula Energy Continues to Progress Lance Project Development, Wyoming
January 28, 2021
Peninsula Energy Ltd. maintained three new full-scale in-situ recovery patterns at a total design flow rate of 75 gallons per minute during the December 2020 quarter at the Lance Project in Wyoming. A low pH field demonstration began in the
Putting U.S. Back Into Climate Change Agreement Doesn’t Mean Huge Shift for Energy Industry
January 28, 2021
President Joe Biden wasted no time this week in beginning to make good on one of his key campaign promises — eliminate power generation from fossil fuels by 2035. Just hours after his inauguration Wednesday, the 46th president signed an
Duke Energy Reaches Agreement on Coal Ash Management and Basin Closure, North Carolina
January 28, 2021
The North Carolina Attorney General, North Carolina Public Staff, Sierra Club, and Duke Energy have reached an agreement on costs related to coal ash management and safe basin closure in the state. The landmark settlement details a plan for coal
Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber Introduces Saving America’s Mines Act
January 27, 2021
Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced Saving America’s Mines Act, legislation that will prohibit any administration from unilaterally halting the mining of critical minerals on federal lands where mining is currently permissible. Stauber introduced this legislation with President Joe Biden and
House Republicans Demand Biden Pull Back on Mining Moratorium
January 27, 2021
House Republicans admonished President Joe Biden’s 60-day moratorium on new mining, oil and gas leasing, and permitting on public lands Tuesday, declaring the new administration’s executive orders to be “knee-jerk” policies signed off to appease the radical left. “On the
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