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First responders from three counties acted quickly wen a tornado formed directly over the largest open pit coal mine in the U.S. outside of Gillette. Emergency management centers were already monitoring a storm that created a funnel cloud at least three times. After moving along the Campbell and Converse County lines, the storm took a turn that positioned it over the North Antelope Rochelle Mine.
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A coal mine in the Powder River Basin has received state recognition for its reclamation efforts.The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recognized the Coal Creek Mine with its 2022 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for coal.
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A bill seeking to keep retiring coal plants alive has passed third reading out of Wyoming's House of Representatives today: 50-8-2. It would obligate…
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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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The Secretary of the Interior called coal mine self-bonding “a big issue” in testimony to a Congressional committee Wednesday.Coal companies typically…
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Today, nearly 40% of all coal produced in the U.S. comes from Wyoming. In order to access that coal, companies use huge machines to move dirt out of the…
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Standing on a windy stretch of highway with Karla Oksanen, we peer into a vast, dark, open-pit mine near Gillette, Wyo. She and her husband live so close…
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A reclamation expert with Cloud Peak Energy is hoping techniques developed at one of the company’s Powder River Basin coal mines can be applied across the…
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While coal mines are being shuttered in the east, there’s a new mine being proposed for Wyoming. The company Ramaco has submitted an application for a…
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A miner was killed at Peabody Energy's North Antelope Rochelle coal mine in the Powder River Basin over the weekend, according to the Mine Safety and…