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According to the report, entitled "The Obama Administration's Obstruction of Coal Mining Permits in Appalachia," the EPA's policies threaten almost 6,000 mining jobs as well as some $217 million in tax revenues for the state. In addition, the report indicates that on a regional basis, the EPA obstruction endangers more than 160,000 jobs.
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Forest Service Pushes to Mine Next to West Elk Wilderness, Giving Arch Coal Access to More Than 17 Million Tons of Coal by Center for Biological Diversity. DENVER— Just days after announcing the U.S. will exit the Paris climate agreement, the Trump administration today pushed ahead with plans for another damaging action: a plan to approve Arch Coal's proposal to lease 1,700 acres of ...
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Coal production nationwide shot up 14.4 percent between 1973 and 1976, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and much of that coal was wrested from Central Appalachian mountains.
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The report also mentions tougher federal regulations being enforced by the Obama Administration, which coal supporters and some elected officials in the region cite as a key reason for slowed production. ... The federal government's halting of about 40 mining permits in eastern Kentucky has led to the loss of about 3,600 jobs in the mines and ...
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Indeed, we were told, Trump "may have signed Earth's death warrant" — and all to save a handful of coal mining jobs. There's a lot more to the story, of course. Beginning with the fact ...
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Mountain Justice is a grassroots movement established in 2005 to raise worldwide awareness of mountaintop removal mining and its effects on the environment and peoples of Appalachia.The group seeks to encourage conservation, efficiency, solar and wind energy as alternatives to all forms of surface mining.It self-describes as "a regional Appalachian network committed to ending mountaintop removal".
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Between 1990 and 1997, a period in which mining companies were issued permits to much wider areas of rural West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, 10,000 mining jobs were replaced by mountaintop ...
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March 23, 2012, 7:18 PM MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority last year in revoking water pollution permits that another agency had issued for one...
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The Obama administration, after studying the issue for eight years and receiving 94,000 public comments, adopted the Stream Protection Rule on December 20, 2016. ... The 1969 Federal Coal Mine ...
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In Climate Move, Obama to Halt New Coal Mining Leases on Public Lands. The Obama administration will announce on Friday [1/15/2016] a halt to new coal mining leases on public lands as it considers an overhaul of the program that could lead to increased costs for energy companies and a slowdown in extraction, according to an administration official.
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On March 28, 2011, the West Virginia Air Quality Board remanded the air permit for the proposed TransGas coal-to-liquids facility to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The Board sided with the environmental groups and ordered DEP to modify the air permit with respect to three environmental permit issues.
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This article reviews evidence for the public health impacts of coal across the extraction, processing, use, and waste disposal continuum. Surface coal mining and processing impose public health risks on residential communities through air and water pollution. Burning coal in power plants emits more nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and heavy metals per unit of energy than ...
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Nov 6, 2014During his campaign in Kentucky, a state that has a long tradition of coal mining, he repeatedly denounced the administration's policies on global warming, which Republicans have labeled a ...
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Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. A Democrat from Illinois, Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.Four years later, in the 2012 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney to win ...
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Trump, who signed legislation last week that nullified a recent regulation prohibiting surface-mining operations from dumping waste in nearby waterways, said he was eager to support coal miners who...
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Feb 16, 2018Industrial facilities like coal plants and steel factories could get 15-year Clean Water Act pollution permits — up from five years — that would be automatically renewed. For some infrastructure...
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Oct 25, 2021In 2016, the final year of the Barack Obama administration, the U.S. Forest Service began a study that could have led to a 20-year moratorium on copper-nickel mining in the Rainy River watershed in Superior National Forest, which is very close to the BWCA. That study was abruptly canceled after former president Donald Trump took office.
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President Trump has worked tirelessly to end the war on coal, and, thanks to his efforts, coal exports increased by 60 percent during his first year in office. The President is working to replace burdensome regulations that target America's energy producers—like the Obama Administration's Waters of the United States rulemaking.
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The anti-energy policies of the Obama administration range from illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to revoking properly issued coal mining permits in West Virginia-- and everything in between. Thankfully, states are starting to fight back, Alaska serving as only the latest example. Big energy news was broken at today's press conference at the Chamber.
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THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S . OBSTRUCTION OF COAL MINING PERMITS IN APPALACHIA . United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works . Minority Staff . May 21, 2010 . Contact: Matt Dempsey . [email protected] David Lungren (202) 224-9797 [email protected] (202) 224-5642 . Report Available Online at . ...
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"We breathe a huge sigh of relief today, and we thank the EPA and the Obama administration for enforcing the Clean Water Act. We are so pleased that this historic veto of the Spruce No. 1 Mine permit halts the destruction of Pigeonroost Hollow," said Janet Keating, executive director of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.
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- May 27, 2015 - Continuing to build on the debunked "birther" conspiracy, Donald Trump said Barack Obama could have claimed Kenya as his birthplace for special treatment from colleges. Trump said, "There are three things that could happen. And one of them did happen. He was perhaps born in Kenya. Very simple, OK?
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The Coal Mine Information System was developed by the Indiana Geological and Water Survey and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. It shows the locations of surface and underground coal mines in Indiana. In addition to coal mines, the map shows active mine permits and can be used to locate underground mine entrances and documented subsidence areas.
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The standards require coal mine operators to continuously maintain the average concentration of respirable dust to which each miner is exposed during each shift at or below 2.0 milligrams per cubic meter of air (2.0 mg/m3) (30 CFR 70.100, underground coal mines; and 71.100, surface coal mines and surface areas of underground coal mines).
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August 22, 2020, 10:00 AM · 7 min read The Trump administration is planning to block the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska early next week, six people familiar with the plans told POLITICO, marking a...
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said U.S. coal production in the United States totaled 739 million short tons (MMst) in 2016, an 18% decline from 2015 and the lowest level of coal ...
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+ Murray Energy, which basically writes the rules on coal mining for Trump's Interior Department, mines 1/3 of the coal in West Virginia and 1/4 of the coal in Illinois.
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Reality: President Obama's administration was held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Democrat claim: The permit granted years ago for mining coal at Arch Coal's Spruce No. 1 mine must be revoked to reduce greenhouse gases.
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"After a thorough investigation of the 235 coal mining 404 Permits that were under review by EPA as of May 11, 2009, we found that their obstruction is having a deleterious effect on rural jobs ...
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Health Administration ("MSHA") determined that the workers died because of a methane and coal dust explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine that was "entirely preventable." 6 The MSHA identified over 300 violations 7 of the Mine Safety and Health Act 8 at the Upper Big Branch mine, including nine flagrant violations that contributed
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Even more significantly, this action shows that while the coal industry and past administrations have denied the impacts of mountaintop removal mining on local communities, the Obama administration and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson are addressing the importance of environmental justice in Appalachia and taking steps to begin protecting these ...
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PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FLAWED FEDERAL RESPONSE TO THE BP DISASTER - EPWReport_080510.pdf(1.7 MBs) The Obama Administration's Obstruction of Coal Mining Permits in Appalachia - Coalreport521final.pdf(181.7 KBs) Sen. Barrasso Oversight Report: A Year of Lost Oversight - Barrasso_Oversight_Report_3_3_10.pdf(75.1 KBs)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping dramatically reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the...
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Obama Administration officials announced today that they are taking unprecedented steps to reduce the environmental impacts of mountaintop coal mining in the six Appalachian states of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia through a coordinated approach between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department ...
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The Obama administration has been in the process of reviewing the current procedures for obtaining work permits for mining in the Appalachian region, but not much has been done to facilitate the banning of this destructive mining technique. However, what is clear that there have been very little efforts to resolve this dispute.
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Utility MACT is the centerpiece of President Obama's effort to kill coal: Utility MACT is specifically designed to close down existing plants, while the Obama-EPA's greenhouse gas regulations are specifically designed to prevent any new coal plants from being built. The goal behind these policies is not surprising.
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COAL UPDATE: Coal-fired power ... when 19,300 megawatts' worth of coal power was shut down under the Obama administration. ... Minnesota court rules against permits for new mine, we report.
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Obama's Clean Power Plan looks to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. Much of that reduction can be achieved by closing coal-fired power plants. Coal and natural gas each generated 35 percent of...
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