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"Coal mining represents a potentially allowable use of public lands, but BLM is not required to lease public lands," Morris said. But coal mines in the region have been closing as scientists say...
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Fossil fuel production has been an unmitigated environmental disaster for our public lands and waters. Coal mining and oil and gas drilling have irreparably despoiled millions of acres of oceans...
Get priceLATEST STORIES. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden will expand two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a public lands tug-of-war that has played out over ...
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Mar 4, 2022Coal development will now be blocked on all the lands originally covered by the province's 1976 coal policy until land-use plans, which require public consultation and legislative approval, are ...
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Apr 13, 2022Read more: Coal Buyers in India Are Paying 300% Premiums to Secure Fuel South Eastern Coalfields Ltd., the subsidiary that runs Coal India's operations in Chhattisgarh, is aiming to expand output...
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About Abandoned Mine Land Program The purpose of the Abandoned Mine Lands Program is to alleviate the safety, health and environmental hazards of past coal mining practices while improving land productivity and enhancing the landscape. The program has been operating since the early 1980s and has reclaimed more than 10,000 acres.
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Jan 28, 2022Under Biden, the BLM has given several coal companies breaks on royalty payments, despite the president's pledge to end federal fossil fuel subsidies. In a decision the agency issued last May, it...
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About 40 percent of all the coal produced in the U.S. comes from mines on federal public lands, mainly in the West. As of the end of 2014, there were 308 active coal mining leases on more than...
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Aug 12, 2022The agency's history allowing the leasing of lands for coal mining goes back to the early 1900s when they were among the first laws passed by Congress to address the nation's mineral mining rights. According to the agency, about 85% of all federal coal production comes from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming.
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Judge Katherine Bidegaray in Rosebud County decided that the Montana Board of Environmental Review improperly upheld a permit for Westmoreland to expand its 25,000-acre Rosebud coal strip-mine in ...
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The principal means of acquiring mining rights on federal lands is location of mining claims under the Mining Law of 1872. That statute, enacted when the West was being settled and federal policy encouraged disposal of public domain lands, still governs the location of metallic minerals such as gold, silver, tin and copper, as well as other ...
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Jun 29, 2021A small farming town which lies in the path of an expanding open-pit coal mine is hoping German climate policy will eliminate the use of dirty coal before their village is consumed by the pit....
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The life of the Black Butte Coal Mine depends on the needs of the Jim Bridger Power Plant, which is planned to be retired in 2037. ... The MSBE Project's mission is to construct fiber-connected towers on or adjacent to Abandoned Mine Land (AML) sites to expand fiber resources into unserved and underserved areas to facilitate competitive ...
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October 30, 2020. (Casper Star Tribune, October 30) - The federal government finalized a rule change this week giving public land regulators the ability to reduce royalty rates for non-energy mineral producers. The two changes will give mineral producers, like those mining trona in Wyoming, a discount if the mining spurs domestic production ...
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Harlan County, one of the poorest in the United States, is expected to lose 26.6 percent of its population, more than 7,000 people, by 2040. "Safety the First Consideration" is written across the entrance to the Portal 31 underground exhibition coal mine in Lynch, Kentucky. Rural areas like Lynch are diversifying the economy through tourism.
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(Photo courtesy of University of Utah Geohazards Research) A new plan from the BLM has opened thousands of acres of what was formerly Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to mining and...
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Aug 12, 2022Jenny Harbine, a senior attorney for the advocacy group Earthjustice, said it would be difficult for the Biden administration to justify new leasing given coal's significant contribution to global...
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Aug 4, 2022The plans, developed during the Trump administration but defended in court by the Biden BLM, outline how much coal can be mined and burned on public lands in parts of the Powder River Basin, which ...
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Germany is moving forward with its coal phaseout. Last week, the Cabinet approved a package of draft legislation that would accelerate the expansion of renewable energy. Under that bill, renewable...
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The administration last year launched a review of climate damage from coal mining on public lands as it expanded scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Public Lands Act is provincial legislation that ensures that oil and gas activity—as well as other land-use activity—on public land is done in a way that is safe and orderly and that protects the land for future generations. ... Coal Expand Sub Menu. Coal Mining Authorizations; Mine Reclamation Requirements; Coalbed Methane; Commingling ...
Get priceA Breath of Fresh Air for America's Abandoned Mine Lands: Alternative Energy Provides a Second Wind (PDF) (30 pp, 2.2 ). March 2012. Carbon Sequestration: A Local Solution with Global Implications (PDF) (13 pp, 825 KB). March 2012. Land Conservation and Former Mine Land Resources, Planning for the Future (PDF) (13 pp, 1.7 ). July 2004 ...
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Jan 18, 2021The Alberta government has reversed its plans to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. ... "Today's backpedaling from the UCP on their removal of protections for Category 2 public lands ...
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In the face of widespread public backlash, the Alberta government agreed to rethink its plan to open parts of the Rocky Mountains and foothills to open-pit coal mining — but it's a different story just across the provincial border, where an already massive industry could get bigger.. Coal is British Columbia's most valuable mined commodity: the provincial government forecast production ...
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Based on rough figures, Tabarrok pointed out that this West Virginia mine was expected to produce around 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per month, an amount that could cost around $2.5m (£ ...
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In this March 28, 2017, file photo, a dump truck hauls coal at Contura Energy's Eagle Butte Mine near Gillette, Wyo. Public opposition to the Alberta government's plans to expand coal mining in ...
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Coal mining on our public lands comes with serious costs that we can no longer afford. The Latest On Jul. 20, 2020, a new challenge was filed against the Trump administration's findings that the federal coal-leasing program does not cause significant environmental harm. The court is asked to reinstate the moratorium on new coal leasing.
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The agency's history allowing the leasing of lands for coal mining goes back to the early 1900s when they were among the first laws passed by Congress to address the nation's mineral mining rights. According to the agency, about 85% of all federal coal production comes from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming.
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Jul 13, 2022Work crews doing reclamation on a former mine site in Wise County, Virginia. Virginia is getting a boost of funding to repair sites that were damaged from coal mining before 1977. The state is ...
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The plan, addressed in a draft environmental impact study, would greenlight exploratory drilling and road construction to expand the West Elk coal mine about 40 miles southwest of Aspen. West Elk Wilderness is located in western Colorado. Local, regional, and national conservation groups condemned the proposal.
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To clarify, the US government is unlikely to stick their oar in if a coal mine or drilling rights were passing between private hands, but a sizeable proportion of exploitation deals involve public...
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Kenny Stancil. January 14, 2022. A coalition of environmental groups slammed President Joe Biden on Friday for refusing to immediately reinstate the federal moratorium on coal leasing on public lands that was discarded more than four years ago by the Trump administration. "It's appalling that the Biden administration is refusing to confront ...
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Create Good Jobs by Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Lands - Last month, the Department of Interior's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSMRE) announced the availability of $152 ...
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Despite record low uranium prices, the Energy Fuel Resources mining company is pushing to dramatically expand a proposed uranium mine in Red Canyon, Utah. The area is in the heart of the proposed Bears Ears National Monument. Put forward by a coalition of area Tribes, the Bears Ears National Monument proposal seeks to protect the cultural landscape of public lands in southern Utah, including ...
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Yesterday's action from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety likely means construction work can resume, despite a March court order banning road building in the Sunset roadless area. In June Mountain Coal cleared a nearly mile-long road through aspen groves and scraped two one-acre drilling pads to expand its West Elk coal mine.
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Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro plans to expand mining in the country still stumble on lack of geology knowledge and excess of bureaucracy, according to executives and officials ...
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The province faced intense public pressure after killing Alberta's 1976 Coal Policy, which provided extra protections for sensitive lands and crucial headwaters on the eastern slopes of the ...
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The ancient law states that anyone can stake a mining claim on federal law on public lands throughout the country without much scrutiny. The antiquated system combined with the powerful mining industry has continuously threatened wilderness areas. The most notorious victim so far has been America's beloved Bears Ears National Monument.
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The Office of Surface Mining (OSM) is the U.S. Department of the Interior is the federal agency responsible for regulating surface coal mining and the surface effects of underground coal mining. OSM works in conjunction with ODM and OCC to regulate active coal mining and reclaim abandoned mine lands. Coal mining in Tulsa County has been by both ...
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Coal is a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock that can be burned for fuel and used to generate electricity.It is composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons, which contain energy that can be released through combustion (burning). Coal is the largest source of energy for generating electricity in the world, and the most abundant fossil fuel in the United States.
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