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Jun 30 2022The revitalization of mine land to deploy cheaper cleaner power to more Americans will further the objective of the Biden Harris Administration s Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities which seeks to deliver federal investment to revitalize hard hit energy communities
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WASHINGTON — The Biden Administration through the Department of Energy DOE today issued a Request For Information RFI to inform a $500 million program funded by President Biden s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to place clean energy demonstration projects on current or former mine lands across America Operated through DOE s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations the Clean
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The Interior Department asked states Wednesday to apply for $725 million made available this year to clean up abandoned mine sites as part of the 2024 infrastructure bill The department officially opened a notice of funding opportunity which gives states the avenue to request federal grants to close mine shafts prevent the release of methane
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Clean up fund for abandoned coal mines gets extension as much work in Ohio remains The Biden Administration announced earlier this year that it was extending a federal fund intended to quell
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Despite 500 days in office Biden has yet to appoint a top official to clean up coal mines LOUISVILLE Ky — Environmentalists and representatives from coal mining communities across the nation
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Aug 9 2022Pennsylvania has an opportunity to lessen that reliance however while cleaning up some waterways recovering critical elements from abandoned mine drainage We need to explore secondary resources including industry byproducts such as coal mining waste from abandoned coal mines refuse piles fly ash from coal burning power plants Pisupati said Pennsylvania is rich in these
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Ensure That Companies Clean Up Toxic Legacy Johannesburg The South African government s failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at risk of injury
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Aug 12 2022Coal company to pay $ million clean up abandoned mine on Black Warrior River Drummond Company must pay $ million in legal fees and $1 million toward environmental projects
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The Wollangambe River s canyons are loved by adventurers Ben Green How our research is helping clean up coal mining pollution in a World Heritage listed river Published June 1 2024
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BHP s vice president of NSW Energy Coal Adam Lancey said the mine had been economically challenged for several years and despite a recent rise in the coal price it was a complex pit to operate New approvals and significant capital investment to develop into new areas would be required to keep the mine running beyond 2024 he said
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Apr 1 2016Under a 1977 federal law coal companies are required to clean up mining sites when they re shut down But the industry s plummeting fortunes have raised questions about whether companies can
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Home surrounded by coal ash spill In a press release TVA stated Current estimates on clean up costs range from $525 million to $825 million depending on the method of ash disposal that is
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The Blackjewel coal mining company can walk away from cleaning up and reclaiming coal mines covered by more than 30 permits in Kentucky under a liquidation agreement that was reached Friday in
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The dream of taking the crud out of coal has been around for a long time As far back as 1918 a West Virginia United Mine Workers leader extolled the absolute necessity of producing clean coal
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President of the United States since 2024 WASHINGTON AP — President Joe Biden s $ trillion plan to transform America s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells
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Cleaning up coal s bad rap To critics clean coal is an oxymoron To NRG Energy CEO David Crane it s the future Fortune s Marc Gunther reports
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The insolvency experts who took them over quickly found the firms were nowhere close to being adequately funded for the clean up costs to which they had committed Filling in the giant holes
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Oct 19 2024 Cleaning coal used to mean picking out impurities or foreign objects by hand Topical Press Agency / Getty Images Burning coal releases soot carbon monoxide sulfur dioxide nitrogen oxides
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Funding amount $500 000 000 Period of Availability Available through 2024 Funding Mechanism Grant Cooperative Agreement or Other New Program Yes Recipients Will be stipulated in competitive solicitation Description To demonstrate the technical and economic viability of carrying out clean energy projects on current and former mine land
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The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program the primary funding source to address AML sites authorizes states to set aside up to 30 percent of their annual AML grant to accrue interest and cover the long term costs of acid mine drainage treatment facilities The infrastructure law provides an additional $ billion for the AML trust fund
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During a rambling campaign speech in Phoenix Tuesday Trump brought up his support for coal fired power plants and discussed a method of cleaning coal that seemed not quite right to many listeners
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This fact sheet raises awareness of the availability of EPA s Brownfields Program to address mine scarred lands most of which are legacy remnants of abandoned coal and hard rock mines Use of Brownfields Mine Scarred Land Initiative to Clean Up Abandoned Mines pdf KB Contact Us Last updated on December 6 2024
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Two dominant methods account for the vast majority of underground coal mining room and pillar and longwall In room and pillar mining seams of coal are partially mined leaving large pillars of coal intact to support the overlying layers of rock When finished miners practice retreat mining extracting as much coal as possible from the remaining pillars as they
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Clean coal investments Schemes such as carbon capture and storage often criticised as ineffective Chasing a shrinking market Australia argues coal will continue to generate national wealth
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Jul 14 2021In 1977 Congress passed the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act This act required coal companies to clean up mining sites and to have reclamation bonds which regulatory agencies can
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In his rallies President Donald Trump repeatedly talks about clean coal using the phrase more than a dozen times over the past three months He also has said in other appearances
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A consent decree signed last week by Drummond Co Inc a coal mining and processing company that dates back to 1935 and the Black Warrior Riverkeeper in District Court will require the
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May 19 2022On the site of a shuttered and bankrupt coal mine near the headwaters of the Potomac River the state of West Virginia is building a demonstration plant that researchers say could help spur
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Once through coal plants pump the water directly from a water source heat it up then discharge it back The waste water is typically hotter by up to 20 25° F than the water that receives it creating thermal pollution that can decrease fertility and increase heart rates in fish
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May 2 2022The Akron based company used the money to clean up a coal fired power plant in Belmont County that it retired in 2024 The money was intended as an investment to prepare the land for another company s potential large scale ethane cracker petrochemical plant on the site
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