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Alaska could get $1.3M in federal funding to clean up derelict coal mines
The Biden administration announced on Dec. 20 that $1.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will go toward ...
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Coal mine where fire struck had long history of safety and health violations
A coal mine where an underground fire on Jan. 13, 2025 prompted reported mine worker evacuations had a long history of safety ...
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Feds look to expand Montana’s largest coal mine
Montana’s largest coal mine is set for an expansion that could increase its coal production by 19 million tons.
Utah’s coal mines can’t find enough workers, as the industry changes
In Emery County, fourth-generation coal miner Jared Simms says, “This whole area was raised on coal mining." But at 49, he ...
Inside Ukraine’s Last Stand at a Vital Coal Mine
The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk, produced coking coal crucial for Ukraine’s steel industry. It kept running ...
An abandoned Iowa coal mine is being reclaimed, now closed to public
It was the home of a strip coal mine until the 1950s, until it was acquired by the state. It's now managed by the Iowa ...
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Life in the Coal Mine
The coal mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company were some of the largest employers of convict laborers. Coal mines were dangerous for all workers. Collapsing mines, suffocation ...
Strip mining to be allowed under Alberta’s new coal rules
Alberta’s modernized coal rules will permit strip mining and other surface mining techniques in the Rockies and foothills. Scientists and conservationists are skeptical of the government’s claims thes ...
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Coal, once king in Pennsylvania, leaves behind abandoned mines that pose concerns
Justin Vellucci Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. | Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 5:55 a.m. Coal mining’s roots in the Pittsburgh area run deeper than the foundations of American democracy. Since the mid ...