June 11, 2012 EPA’s Lisa Jackson: News sources rural folk rely on ‘not really being truthful’ The UK's Guardian newspaper conducted a far-ranging interview with Lisa Jackson, chief administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency since 2009, on energy, climate change and the battle in the…
June 10, 2012 Aging power plants in Ohio face uncertain futures COLUMBUS, Ohio Eight aging electric generating plants powered by coal in Ohio are facing uncertain futures. They could be demolished or sold as utilities try to meet clear air standards.…
June 10, 2012 SA coal juniors should focus on local market – analyst Junior coal miners need to shift attention to domestic market, cash in on drop in export prices, says commodities analyst.
June 9, 2012 Churchill Mining’s US$2 billion lawsuit against Indonesia gets lift from NY Times British coal miner, Churchill Mining (LON:CHL), and its case against the Indonesia government got a leg up when its two-year legal battle was profiled in the New York Times.
June 9, 2012 An 1865 economic study of coal explains why bankers and financial firms will pay more for IT and resource companies will pay less William Jevons, a British economist, was looking at his country’s dwindling coal supplies in the mid-1800s and was asked if increased efficiency in […]
June 8, 2012 Conservative group’s $1 million ad buy seeks votes to kill coal rule A conservative advocacy group says it's spending almost $1 million on ads to corral support for an upcoming Senate effort to overturn Environmental Protection Agency rules that require cuts in…
June 8, 2012 Minerals Council of Australia accuses unions of racism The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has condemned unions, saying they are running a nonsensical "race-based" campaign.
June 8, 2012 Anglo American’s $1.7 billion Grosvenor coal mine given state go-ahead The London-based diversified miner wants to triple production of met coal in Australia over the next 8 years.
June 8, 2012 Alpha to stop coal production at four Kentucky mines; cut 150 jobs Shares in the miner fell 1.8% in morning trading on the NYSE after it announced plans to stop production at four of its coal mines in Kentucky, with 150 jobs…
June 8, 2012 U.S. environment agency sues India-based coal firm A group of coal companies owned by a massive India conglomerate ran illegal surface mines in eastern Kentucky that polluted waterways, according to lawsuit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection…
