coal mining
At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’
In late April, the Biden administration finalized a series of rules that would reduce emissions and pollution from the power sector. A week later, at Wyoming’s annual energy conference, those moves were met with frustration, dismay and, at times, downright defiance from politicians and fossil fuel company executives who spoke glowingly about the state’s “all […]
Read MoreMore Federal Money to Speed Repair of Historic Mining Harms in Pennsylvania
In Luzerne County, in northeast Pennsylvania, the Nanticoke Creek is dry most of the time because unless there’s a major storm, any water that flows into it disappears into underground voids created by coal mines that operated there for decades until the 1960s. The creek has long been a target for restoration by Earth Conservancy, […]
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