July 31, 2019
Stories tagged "mining"
July 10, 2019
Two Large WY Coal Mines Close Abruptly Leaving Miners in the Dust
Last week, with no warning, Blackjewel LLC, which operates Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines — closed both which are the largest and most productive mines in Wyoming, because the United Bank of West Virginia denied Blackjewel financing, forcing the company to file...June 26, 2019
Trump Administration Breathes New Life Into Alaska’s Pebble Mine
The Trump Administration in 2017 had decided to continue the Obama Administration’s decision to block the highly controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska, but yesterday they reversed themselves and are now restarting a process that could result in the EPA lifting the...June 24, 2019
Mapping of Ocean Floor Accelerates
By Alexandra Patel and Monica Medina The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has made the mapping of the entire ocean floor by 2030 its global mission. Since 2017, coverage of the world’s ocean floor has increased from 6 to 15 percent – equivalent to an...June 19, 2019
Supreme Court Upholds Virginia’s Uranium Mining Ban
In an unanticipated plot twist, the Supreme Court’s most liberal and conservative Justices joined together and upheld a decades-old Virginia law banning uranium mining, and did so over the objection of the Trump Justice Department and three other Justices who...March 19, 2019
Brazilian Government Plans Mining on Native Lands
Acting without the consent of the indigenous people of the Amazon, who have a guaranteed right to their land under the Brazilian constitution, the country’s new Minister of Mining and Energy announced a plan to permit mining companies to conduct operations on...February 27, 2019
Protecting the Grand Canyon from mining on its 100th anniversary
Yesterday Grand Canyon National Park celebrated its 100th birthday. Fortune explained it best: “on Feb. 26, 1919, Congress passed legislation backed by President Woodrow Wilson recognizing the canyon as a national park. The natural wonder has become an American...February 5, 2019
Former Oil Industry Lobbyist Nominated To Lead Interior
The Trump Administration did the expected and yesterday nominated Acting Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt, a former oil industry lobbyist and the top lawyer at Interior under Bush ’43 to take the top slot and officially replace Ryan Zinke. Most industry...February 4, 2019
Regulators won’t step up to protect coal miners
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), incidents of severe black lung disease among America’s coal miners were on the rise last year, especially in central Appalachia. In fact, 10% of coal miners who have worked in mines for at least 25 years were...January 23, 2019