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Nevada’s Anaconda Mine Removed from EPA Superfund List
April 18, 2018
An agreement reached between Nevada and the Environmental Protection Agency has kept the Anaconda Copper Mine off a Superfund list, with cleanup now being directed by the state and funded by a private company, officials said Monday. Nevada Gov. Brian
EPA Fires Back at Critics Over Colorado Mine Wastewater
April 18, 2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fired back Thursday after a mining company accused the agency of failing to run a southwestern Colorado treatment plant at full capacity, letting untreated mine wastewater get into the Animas River. EPA officials said the
Energy Secretary Rick Perry Takes Clean Coal Agenda to India
April 16, 2018
Energy Secretary Rick Perry will make selling clean coal technology a key part of high-level talks with Indian officials when he travels to the subcontinent. “The technology we are seeing brought forward on clean coal, carbon capture, is starting to
Lincoln County Commissioners: Montana Mine Projects Critical to Economy
April 16, 2018
The Lincoln County Commission wants to share our dismay with a recent decision by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the governor’s office to file a violation against Hecla Mining under the “permit prohibition” provision of the Montana Metal
EPA Gives North Dakota Power to Regulate CO2 Wells
April 16, 2018
The Trump administration on Tuesday gave North Dakota the power to regulate underground wells used for long-term storage of waste carbon dioxide captured from industrial sources such as coal-fired power plants. North Dakota is the first state to be given
Tennessee Bill Passes to Take Coal Regulations Away from Federal Government
April 16, 2018
A bill that would take coal mining regulation away from the federal government and put it back in the hands of the state of Tennessee is now headed to the governor. The measure was sponsored by lawmakers who have coal
Department of Justice Investigating Prosecution of Coal Executive Don Blankenship
April 16, 2018
A Department of Justice investigation may prove to be vindication for an energy executive-turned-West Virginia politician who has always maintained his innocence regarding a mine disaster that landed him in federal prison. Don Blankenship, who for years served as Massey
Federal Report Released for Fatality at PacifiCorp’s Jim Bridger Underground Coal Mine, Wyoming
April 16, 2018
Miners at the Jim Bridger underground coal mine told federal regulators that large slabs of coal fell from the wall in the days before Jaime Olivas died from internal injuries sustained after being buried under a rolled slab of coal.
Wyoming Mining Association Director Responds to Editorial on Coal Decline
April 16, 2018
‘The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” So was the text of a cable sent by Mark Twain from London to the American press following the mistaken publication of his obituary. After reading a recent editorial in the Casper
Indian Tribes Challenge Approval of Hudbay’s Rosemont Copper Mine, Arizona
April 16, 2018
Several Indian tribes say they have filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Arizona, challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a proposal to develop an open pit copper mine on public land. The Tohono O’odham Nation, the Pascua
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