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EPA's Zeldin Promotes WV Energy - WCBC
WCBC
November 17th, 2025 by WCBC Radio. Environmental Protection Agency Director Lee Zeldin met recently with West Virginia leaders Shelly Moore Capito ...

China team's super-efficient catalyst turns coal to plastic and other synthetics
South China Morning Post
Chinese scientists have developed a catalyst that can turn biomass and coal-derived syngas directly into building blocks for plastic and synthetic ...

Kentucky Power, State AG Reach Settlement Agreement On Mitchell Plant - WEKU
WEKU
13, 2024. Kentucky Power has reached a settlement agreement with the state's attorney general over a power plant in West Virginia. Not everyone is ...

Global Coal Industry to Experience $670 Billion Increase During 2025-2035 - Business Wire
Business Wire
PT Adaro Energy; PT Bumi; Singareni Collieries; Soul Patts; United Tractors; Warrior Met Coal; Whitehaven Coal; Yancoal; Yanzhou Coal Mining. For more ...

NEWS9 Special Assignment: West Virginia aims for energy dominance with '50 by 50' plan
WTOV
Gov. Patrick Morrisey's ambitious '50 by 50' generation plan aims to make West Virginia a leader in energy production by increasing the state's ...

EPA administrator joins Capito for discussion
Senator Shelley Capito
The federal government might be shut down until the end of Wednesday, but U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin received a ...

Tri-State expects federal order to keep coal-fired power plant in northwestern Colorado running
KUNC
... Coal Mining. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email. Mark Jaffe, The Colorado Sun · See stories by Mark Jaffe, The Colorado Sun. Latest Stories. 40 ...

Clean energy found in old coal mines - UVic News
UVic News
Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of tonnes of coal were ...

Herbert Hoover football team honors fallen miner in win over Winfield - WBOY.com
WBOY.com
ELKVIEW, W.Va. (WOWK) — Only a few days after the body of coal miner Steve Lipscomb was found deceased at the Rolling Thunder Mine near Drennen, ...

Coal industry pushes for critical mineral status to boost economy, jobs - Western Standard
Western Standard
... wait... Critical Minerals · Coal Mining · Northback Holdings · metallurgical coal · Alberta coal mining · Coal Association of Canada · Robin Campbell ...

COP30 decision by South Korea to shut down coal spells reckoning for Australian fossil fuel exports
ABC News
An aerial shot of an open cut coal mine, with a large truck transporting a. Coal mining has played a pivotal part in Australia's economy, and has ...

Coal output to hit 2025 target, despite increasing costs and policy instability
Indonesia Business Post
... Coal Mining Association (APBI). Addressing the Aspebindo Energy Executive Forum on Monday, November 17, 2025, acting APBI executive director Gita ...