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The epicenter of coal country belatedly begins to acknowledge the realities of renewables.

Reclaiming damaged landscapes for recreation takes pressure off of other precious places

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will take back regulation and permitting of coal mining from the federal government.

May 26, 2021 "Mister Peabodys Coal train" doesnt run much through upper East Tennessee these days. The trains John Prine sang about in his famous song, "Paradise," are practically non-existent. Subscribe Compared to the 1950s and 60s when Claiborne, Campbell and Scott counties were considered coal-mining country, the industry has nearly vanished, according to those who monitor it. Yet the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is set to resume regulation and permitting of Tennesse...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 23May 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Covid totals continue to fall, bo...

The House Committee on Natural Resources - Democrats - Ranking Member Raul M. Grijalva

Legal Enviros sue feds over W. Va insolvent mine reclamation program Sebastien Malo 4 minute read Steam rises from a pile of coal at a mine in Bishop, West Virginia, U.S., May 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Environmental groups sued the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSMRE) in Huntington, West Virginia federal court for failing to determine whether the state should overhaul its surface mines reclamation program in light of the insolvency of various in-state coal mines...

Appalachia has an abandoned mine land (AML) problem, and it’s much bigger and costlier to clean up than people thought. And the time to do it is running

The Sierra Club and two local environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, alleging that the Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has been derelict in handling mine

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Regulated parties who comply with their permit sometimes get an unwelcome surprise. They meet with their state agency, make full disclosure about their discharges or emissions, and then the state agency makes decisions about how to regulate the discharges or emissions, including what type of permit to issue. Sometimes the state agency gets it wrong, and then citizen groups sue. In that instance, one in which the regulated party relied...