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ADVERTISEMENT SG Tells Justices Bankruptcy Moots Wash. Coal Permit Fight Law360 (May 26, 2021, 5:40 PM EDT) -- The acting solicitor general told the U.S. Supreme Court it should reject Montana and Wyomings fight to overturn Washingtons denial of a water quality certificate for a proposed coal export facility because the project owner sold the project site in its bankruptcy proceedings. The high court in October sought the opinion of the United States in October on whether it should hear, as ...

Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2006 file photo, steam rises from the huge boiler units at the Jim Bridger Power Plant, east of Rock Springs, Wyo. A law signed April 6, 2021, by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon creates a $1.2 million fund for an initiative that marks the latest attempt by state leaders to help coal in the state that accounts for the bulk of U.S. coal production, whi...

Fauci award, John Denver, isolation outreach: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports © Jack Gruber, USA TODAY National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Fauci spoke with USA TODAY about the Zika virus on May 11, 2016. Alabama Birmingham: A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the creator of a popular website for tracking COVID-19 in the state is pondering what will become of his creation once the health care crisis eases....

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Birmingham: A year into the coronavirus pandemic, the creator of a popular website for tracking COVID-19 in the state is pondering what will become of his creation once the health care crisis eases. David Marconnet told WBHM he sees two options for his Bama Tracker site, which has been visited by at least 1.5 million people so far and presents publicly available data about the virus in easily accessible, understandable charts and graphs. Bama Trac...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers have endorsed a plan to set aside money to sue...

Up to 30 employees laid off from Decker Mine could be rehired. (Photo from Sheridan MEdia files) A federal court has approved a tentative agreement under which up to 30 employees of Decker Coal Mine could be rehired to complete reclamation or cleanup of the mine site north of Sheridan. Utah-based Lighthouse Resources Inc., which owns the mine, declared bankruptcy last December, and in January, mining ceased and the vast majority of the company’s workforce was laid off amid a sharp decline in...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A court has approved a deal allowing up to 30 workers to be rehired...

CASPER – Executives of a bankrupt coal firm in the Powder River Basin received over half a million dollars in bonus payments in the year leading up

Mining ceased at theDecker coal mine in Montana after the owner of the mine filed for bankruptcy late last year

Coal is a difficult subject to write about in West Virginia despite hard facts that show the industry is declining sharply in the U.S.