By Brian Sewell Dozens of coal industry groups and environmental organizations crowded into a Washington, D.C., courtroom on March 14 for the latest chapter of a long legal battle. A three-judge panel heard arguments on the legality of the U.S.…
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EPA Gets Its Day in Court: Hearings Begin on Spruce Mine No. 1 Appeal
TAGS: Clean Water Act Environmental Protection Agency EPA Mingo County Coal National Mining Association Spruce Mine No. 1
BLM/OSM Merger Postponed | Newsbites
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced a postponement of a merger between the Bureau of Land Management and the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement to Feb. 15, 2012. In late October, Salazar announced the proposal and received immediate…
TAGS: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ammonium nitrate Appalachian politics Baard Energy Bureau of Land Management carbon capture Coal coal-to-liquids plants Energy and Natural Resources Committee EPA high-sulfur coal military training mine inspection National Mining Association Office of Surface Mining Ohio Politics reclaimed surface mine land surface mining Upper Big Branch mine disaster West Virginia University
Another Coal Company on the Run
Yesterday we announced our intent to sue Nally and Hamilton Enterprises for more than 12,000 violations of the clean water act at more than a dozen of its strip mines in Eastern Kentucky. Click here for more information on that…
TAGS: Appalachian Voices Coal Environment FArCES of Coal Hal Rogers Health Kentucky Kentucky Litigation Mountaintop Removal National Mining Association Riverkeeper Water Water Pollution Waterkeeper
FARCES of Coal: World 2 – Luke Popovich 0
The FArCES of Coal are here for YOU, Candlestick Makers of America One of my favorite people to see quoted in the news is the ever-dour NMA mouthpiece Luke Popovich. This guy has a simple job description which reads “Say…
