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The U.S. used to be the world’s number one uranium producer, and most of it came from Wyoming. But since the 1980s, production has fallen off a cliff.…
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Superfund cleanups are a priority for Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. He wants to cut through red tape that has…
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At 11 p.m. on a recent Friday night, the West Elk Mine outside Somerset opened its gates. Cars and trucks started rolling out, signaling the end of a coal…
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West Virginia wants to use federal dollars to subsidize Appalachian coal. Some think that’s picking favorites — not just over natural gas and renewables,…
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When Alpha Natural Resources went into bankruptcy in 2015, it formed a new company called Contura Energy with some of Alpha’s best coal assets - mines in…
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An accident in Colorado brings the total coal mine deaths this year to 11: more than in all of 2016.Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. released a statement Aug. 3…
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A changing climate may be bad PR for fossil fuels, but it could help their bottom line.Two major coal companies released earnings reports in late July…
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Wind energy projects are being built all over the U.S. and a new report shows just how fast they're cropping up. The American Wind Energy Association…
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Way up in northern North Dakota lies an old oilfield with a problem 60 years in the making.It’s noticeable on farmers’ land, like the fields harvested by…
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Millions of gallons of salty wastewater are produced each day wherever there’s oil and gas production. Most states inject wastewater deep underground. In…