The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will rehear arguments over the EPA's retroactive veto of a water pollution permit for Arch Coal's strip mine in West Virginia, The Associated Press reports.
Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., reintroduced legislation that would limit the EPA's authority to retroactively revoke Clean Water Act permits for coal mines, The State Journal reports.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Shares of Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal, Peabody Energy Corp. and other coal companies fell on news of a slowdown in China's economic growth, The Associated Press reports.
Arch Coal and the Environmental Protection Agency appeared before the Court of Appeals in D.C. to argue over the legality of an EPA decision to retroactively revoke Arch's permit for a West Virginia coal mine, The Christian Science Monitor reports.
As a surge in supply has caused prices for natural gas and coal to drop, some energy companies that have lost revenue have reduced gas drilling and coal mining until prices increase, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., is pressing the U.S. Army and the Interior Department to conduct a comprehensive review of proposals for coal export facilities, citing climate impact as a critical factor, The Hill reports.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — One of the world's largest coal producers said Thursday it would lay off about 750 workers in the Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia coalfields, the latest setback for an industry struggling to sustain market share as utilities switch to cleaner and cheaper alternatives to generate electricity.
The bulk of the cuts by Arch Coal Inc., almost 600, are in Kentucky. The disappearance of high-paying mining work heightened anxiety in hardscrabble Kentucky towns where officials worried declining demand for coal would result in leaner budgets and more people on unemployment rolls.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson declined lawmakers' request to testify about her agency's withdrawal of a mountaintop mining permit in West Virginia, saying the notice was too short to accommodate her schedule, Bloomberg reports.
The planned Cape Wind offshore project in Massachusetts won a $200 million commitment from Denmark's public pension fund, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., pledged to push a vote to complete the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., moves to limit filibusters, Roll Call reports.
The Army Corps of Engineers said it would not conduct a cumulative environmental review of three coal export terminals or consider overseas climate change impact in its reviews, E&E reports.
Legal experts say U.S. natural gas companies could file lawsuits against the Energy Department to speed decisions on liquefied natural gas exports, Reuters reports.
House Appropriations Committee Democrats criticized Republicans for cutting Energy Department spending on renewable energy by 50 percent, The Hill reports.
A communique released at the close of the G8 summit expresses leaders' concerns over climate change and pledges support for a new international climate change treaty in 2015, Business Green reports.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill to open parts of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to timber development, KTOO reports.
