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Obama to Freeze New Coal Mines on Public Land
2016-01-14 23:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Magazine: In his latest effort to secure his legacy as having actually done something about climate change, on Friday, President Obama will order the federal government to cease issuing new leases for coal mining on public land, an administration official tells the New York Times. Mining companies will still be allowed to exploit coal reserves that they have already leased, which the Times reports is enough to sustain current levels of production for 20 years, but the industry is facing hard times anyway....
The coal industry is off to a terrible, no good, very bad year
2016-01-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: During his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama reiterated his call to eliminate federal subsidies for fossil fuels in an effort to speed up the transition to cleaner energy sources. It's something he's asked for nearly every year of his presidency, and it hasn't happened yet. But this year, he added something new: a plan to charge oil and coal companies more for leases on federal land, to offset the damage their products do to the climate. It was just the latest piece...
Montana coal mine deal includes secret side settlement
2016-01-14 08:46:23| Waste Management - Topix.net
A deal to keep an underground coal mine operating in central Montana includes a secret side settlement between an environmental group and the mine's owner. The Montana Board of Environmental Review on Tuesday approved the agreement between Signal Peak Energy, the Montana Environmental Information Center and the state Department of Environmental Quality.
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Official: Coal ash deadlines straining environmental agency
2016-01-14 04:36:24| Waste Management - Topix.net
A coal ash cleanup law has stretched staff members at North Carolina's environmental regulation agency "to the absolute breaking point" as they analyze voluminous data to meet deadlines, a top agency official told lawmakers Wednesday. Tom Reeder, assistant secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, made the remarks as part of a status report on storage sites for the residue created when power plants burn coal.
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Pickens County Planning Commission Suspends Permit for Proposed Coal Ash Landfill
2016-01-13 22:02:00| Waste Age
Greenville Online The Pickens County Planning Commission has suspended the land use permit granted for a landfill company after learning that it plans to use it for coal ash disposal. read more
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