Funding has been secured for 34 new mine safety and permit inspectors in Kentucky.
Tag Archives: Mining
Does Coal Have Something to Hide?
The latest in a series of high profile protests of mountaintop removal coal mining ended with the removal and arrest of 12 activists, a filmmaker, and a documentary photographer from a Massey Energy site in West Virginia. On Thursday, they went before a judge in Boone County. I’ve been alerted by a colleague of the filmmaker that during the arrest, Massey Energy company employees confiscated the photographers’ equipment.
Agencies Propose Sweeping Changes to Surface Mining
The Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the Army Corps of Engineers have agreed to work together to minimize the environmental harm caused by surface mining in Appalachia.
Supporters Try Again for Mountaintop Fill Bill
Some members of Congress are revisiting a familiar front in the battle over mountaintop removal coal mining. They have re-introduced House legislation that would restrict mining companies from dumping material left over from blasting off the tops of mountains in waterways.
Enviros Sue Over Mining/Stream Buffer Rule
A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court over a recently approved mountaintop removal mining rule change. The old rule required mining companies to keep debris at least a hundred feet away from valley streams. But because of different interpretations of the rule, many miles of streams have already been covered with debris.
Conference Examines Asteroid Mining
A three day meeting on the future of space exploration finished Wednesday in Kentucky.