Tag: coal
Reports: Plugging wells, reclaiming mine land could create thousands of jobs
Two new reports by the Ohio River Valley Institute set out to find what it would cost to remediate and reclaim all the abandoned oil and gas wells and mine land in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. The bad news? It'll cost billions. The good news? That investment could provide a “shot in the arm” to the region in terms of job creation.
What’s next for Ohio’s House Bill 6?
Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation last week to repeal parts of the controversial House Bill 6, including the $1 billion nuclear plant bailout. But millions in subsidies for aging coal-fired power plants and yet-to-be-built utility-scale solar farms remain.
Pa. congressmen lead effort to fund mine reclamation efforts
U.S. Reps. Matt Cartwright and Glenn Thompson introduced the bipartisan legislation to extend support for the Abandoned Mine Land Trust Fund.
Coal mine proposal rejected due to safety concerns
Field tests showed that subsidence-related deformation could occur if a support pillar is not suitably sized.
The town International Harvester built
A short history of the rise and fall of Benham, Kentucky.
Shale gas has pushed plummet in coal plants
And, due to the continuing technological and economic advantages of gas over coal, the decline in coal is expected to continue decades into the future.
Energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas surpass coal as fuel use...
The Energy Information Administration’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook projects energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas to be 10 percent greater than those from coal in 2016.
Life in an old coal town
Sutherland meets a woman from a small mining town in West Virginia like the one she enjoys reading about in a Homer Hickman novel.
Wayne National Forest consents to lease federal coal
NELSONVILLE, Ohio — Recently, forest supervisor Anne Carey of the Wayne National Forest, issued a decision to consent to U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau...
Rosebud Mining must track water quality improvement along Little Cronemaugh River
Rosebud Mining Co. will be able to mine new coal reserves, but under strict water quality regs, at a site of major acid mine drainage in Pennsylvania.
