Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana’s largest coal mine is set for an expansion that could increase its coal production by 19 ...

DENVER (AP) — Beset by power plant closures, growing regulatory scrutiny and proposed changes in how they pay royalties, coal mines are facing a new obstacle — a review of how coal extracted and ...

ROUNDUP, Mont.—Environmental groups sued Tuesday to halt an expansion of the Bull Mountains Mine, claiming that the “energy emergency” underpinning its revival is nonexistent and that regulators have ...

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of the Interior approved a proposed coal mine on Bryson Mountain in Claiborne County recently. In a statement, DOI said it gave the green light to ...

In August, 2007, The Office of Surface Mining in the Interior Department issued a draft revision to the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The Act governs the practice of "mountaintop ...

WARSAW, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Poland's government needs a database to monitor the coal and energy industries' high level of water consumption and its environmental impact, a think-tank advising on public ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The U.S. transportation sector consumes about 14 million barrels of oil per day, 9 ...

Some youths from Ugboba community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday staged a peaceful ...

Expanding mining and oil drilling operations in Turkey's Cudi and Gabar mountains are contributing to escalating environmental degradation, according to a report from Mezopotamia Agency (MA). The ...