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Judge rejects Montana coal mine's request for faster environmental review, 260 jobs at risk
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
A worker stands in the entry of Signal Peak Energy's Bull Mountain Mine near the small Southeastern Montana town of Roundup in November 2010.

Sierra Club Challenges West Virginia PSC directive in campaign to curb coal - WV News
WV News

It challenged the commission's 2021 directive for Appalachian Power to operate its three coal plants in the state at a capacity factor of 69 percent, ...

James River Coal will review its strategic options - Yahoo News
Yahoo News

The company has implemented a series of production slowdowns and closures as the coal industry struggled with soft demand and falling prices. In ...

Other editors: Bringing black lung issue to wider audience | Opinion - herald-dispatch.com
herald-dispatch.com

Koppel's report then took a turn familiar to anyone who has been following trends and worker health issues in the coal industry: Black lung was on ...

Early retirement of coal plants can be profitable for investors - Tech Xplore
Tech Xplore

New research from Griffith University provides crucial evidence that the early retirement of coal-fired power plants can be financially ...

Russia says its coal reserves sufficient for next 100 years | News.az
News.az
Speaking on Friday, Kozlov revealed that Russia's total coal reserves are estimated at 273 billion metric tons, with 46.4 billion metric tons ...

Arch merges to form larger coal company | Local News | gillettenewsrecord.com
Gillette News Record

Arch Resources, owners of Black Thunder and Coal Creek coal mines in the Powder River Basin, has merged with CONSOL Energy to form a new company, ...

Despite concerns, investors expect ESG improvement - Mining Weekly
Mining Weekly

An image of a surface mining site being worked by an excavator. MINING ESG ENHANCEMENT There is a disparity between the most responsible miners and ...

Arch May Speed Up Sale Of Legacy Wyoming Coal Mines Under $5B Merger
Cowboy State Daily

Lang did not rule out the possibility of selling surface coal mining operations in the PRB. And Consol Energy Chairman and CEO Jimmy Brock agreed ...

Combination and consolidation in coal country - Energy Central
Energy Central

In other coal industry news, Houston hedge fund Thomist Capital Wednesday (Aug. 21) announced it has bought a 9.96% share of Peabody Energy, which ...

Australia's coal industry rides the wave of Chinese demand - ShareCafe
ShareCafe

There's still significant corporate activity in Australia's coal industry, but most of the serious action is in thermal coal companies expanding ...

As AES Indiana abandons coal, capacity questions arise - Indianapolis Business Journal
Indianapolis Business Journal

But the plan is running into opposition from some, including the coal industry, which says AES Indiana's Petersburg projects will burden customers ...

Big Oil urges justices to save Montana power plant from EPA mercury rules
Courthouse News Service

WASHINGTON (CN) — Fossil fuel companies asked the Supreme Court for emergency action on Thursday to prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

Japan And Singapore To Work Together On Carbon Capture And Storage
Carbon Herald

Japan and Singapore formalized an agreement on August 21 to enhance their partnership in carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiatives.

Ohio regulators OK $100 million in subsidies for 2 aging coal-fired power plants
The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio regulators have approved of subsidies totaling more than $100 million for two coal-fired plants, a legacy of the House Bill 6 scandal.

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