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 and other gases and treat acidic mine drainage.
The ‘Energy Capital of the Nation’ is making economic gains with youth sports and big events, yet remains vulnerable to a diminishing fossil fuel industry.
Adani took the Brisbane man to court seeking compensation for business losses from his campaigns against contractors on its central Queensland mine with the protest group Galilee Blockade.
Thousands of abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, in some cases harming fish and contaminating drinking water. Now efforts to finally clean up the sites could soon get a big boost.
There is so much unwanted gas coming out of American coal mines—those that still produce coal and even those that have long quit—that federal data suggests it outpaces the carbon emissions footprint of the entire U.S. petrochemical industry.
Some power generators — finding they can make more money supplying electricity to Bitcoin-mining operations than selling it to the grid — are shifting focus.
