Navajos v. USA
Several Navajo groups brought a federal complaint against the Department of the Interior for ordering the Kayenta Coal Mine to close in December 2019, without ordering it to be returned to its pre-strip-mine condition.
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Sell Me a Bridge
The United States says Larry Wayne Price Jr., of Virginia, defrauded investors of $17.7 million by claiming, among other things, that he could make solid coal from coal dust.
Read moreTrump Orders ‘Immediate Steps’ to Boost Coal, Nuclear Plants
President Donald Trump on Friday directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to prepare “immediate steps” to bolster struggling coal-fired and nuclear power plants to keep them open.
Read moreIndian Power Plant Dispute Taken Up by Supremes
Blocked at every turn from suing over a coal-fired power plant built in Gujarat, India, a group of fisherman persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to take up their case Monday.
Read moreJudge Overturns Oakland Coal Ban on New Facility
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the city of Oakland’s ban on coal shipments from a new marine terminal being built at the foot of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, finding inadequate evidence that coal operations would increase pollution.
Read moreFeds Clamor Over Dangerous Mine Condition at DC Circuit
Critical of the dangers miners faced from a shortened roof, the government argued before the D.C. Circuit Friday that regulators should not have considered the other safety measures that might offset the roof’s harm.
Read moreHopi Tribe and Coal Interests Sue Over Power Plant
In an attempt to save more than 800 jobs in the region, the Hopi Tribe and groups of coal miners have filed a lawsuit in federal court arguing that a water conservation district should continue buying power from a massive coal-fired plant that is slated to close next year.
Read moreDirty Coal
The United States claims in a federal complaint that the C. Reiss Coal Co. refuses to install air pollution monitors at its plants in Green Bay, Wis., and Duluth, Minn.
Read moreA River Tour Seeks to Highlight Concerns Over EPA Coal Ash Policy
Rep. Donald McEachin, D-Va., joined clean-water advocates on Friday for a boat tour of Virginia’s James River to discuss their concerns over an Environmental Protection Agency plan to roll back regulations governing the safe disposal of coal ash.
Read moreGOP-Led Senate Poised to Make Ex-Coal Lobbyist EPA’s No. 2
Senate Republicans are moving to confirm a former coal industry lobbyist as the second highest ranking official at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Read moreAs Coal Declines, Agency Raises Red Flag on Reclamation
As America’s coal industry faces a difficult market, a new report from the Government Accountability Office says Congress needs to revise how coal companies are required to pay for reclamation of land.
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Arch Coal workers claim in a federal class action in West Virginia that the company stiffs them for overtime, saying they must “work for free.”
Read moreKentucky Coal Companies Fight Bond Increases for Mine Cleanup
A coalition of Kentucky coal companies sued U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over the disapproval of state regulations related to protecting water quality at mining sites, claiming it will unfairly increase the amount of money collected to fund the cleanup of abandoned mines.
Read moreDominion Power Asks Fourth Circuit to Void Clean Water Violation
Dominion Power went before the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to challenge a lower court ruling that found wastewater seeping from Dominion’s coal ash ponds into local groundwater counted as a Clean Water Act violation.
Read moreFifth Circuit Incredulous at Dirty Coal-Powered Plant in Texas
Fifth Circuit judges got feisty over air pollution Monday during a hearing on whether a polluting coal-fired electric plant in Texas should be allowed to continue to operate without permits, as it has for 11 years.
Read moreUtilities Find Water Pollution at Ash Sites
Major utilities have found evidence of groundwater contamination at coal-burning power plants across the U.S. where landfills and man-made ponds have been used for decades as dumping grounds for coal ash, according to data released by plant owners under a Friday deadline.
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The Ninth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment for the Department of the Interior regarding its lease of coal-mining rights in Montana’s Bull Mountains.
Read moreSenate Committee Advances Coal Lobbyist to Serve at EPA
Republican senators used their majority to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of a former coal-industry lobbyist to serve as the second-highest ranking official at the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The Sierra Club brought a federal FOIA complaint for records on communications and meetings of Department of the Interior officials under Secretary Ryan Zinke and members of the oil, gas and coal industries.
Read moreEnvironmentalists Decry Trump’s ‘Illegal’ Energy Plans for Public Lands
A dramatic downsizing of national monuments took effect on Friday, coinciding with Trump administration announcements about increasing energy development on public lands that drew heavy rebuke from environmentalists.
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