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MINING: Ohio coal regulator bound for Interior post — sources

An Ohio state regulator is taking a high-level post at the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, multiple sources told E&E News. → Read More

COAL: Reclamation funds dwindle while Congress dawdles

Congress and the coal industry are fighting over fees and a tenuous national compromise for paying to fix up old mine lands, giant sinkholes and acid mine drainage that plague lands across the U.S. → Read More

BRISTOL BAY: EPA kills proposed Pebble 'veto'

EPA has lifted the Obama-era proposed "veto" of the Pebble mine, reversing a decision last year not to scrap the pending mining restrictions on the massive copper and gold project upstream from Alaska's Bristol Bay. → Read More

ENERGY TRANSITIONS: Massive Indiana coal plant to shut down

A federal judge today signed off on the single largest coal-fired power plant closure since 2010. → Read More

ENERGY TRANSITIONS: Here's the nation's only new coal plant. Is it the last?

Alaska is building the nation’s first coal plant in years. Coal advocates are cheering, but there's sharp disagreement about what it means for the industry's future. → Read More

BRISTOL BAY: Did Pebble 'de-risk' Alaska's most controversial mine?

Will a new plan for the proposed Pebble mine in Alaska scale down risk, or is the company just looking for another route to the same massive mine project that strikes fear in the salmon industry? → Read More

COAL: Met mines: Bright spot in an ailing industry

The hottest thing in coal is once again the kind burned to forge steel. → Read More

WHITE HOUSE: Energy execs spend big at Trump hotel 'Disneyland'

The Trump International Hotel rolled out the red carpet last summer for the two coal companies that have done the most to curry favor with the owner of the Washington, D.C., luxury destination: President Trump. → Read More

POLITICS: How TVA's coal quandary became a Trump tweet

Kentucky politicians and industry interests have turned a hometown power plant into a proving ground for President Trump's campaign promise to save coal. → Read More

NATURAL RESOURCES: Mining reform advocates dust off battle plan

A power shift in the House and a new crop of lawmakers have mining critics reviving their attempt to fundamentally change the law that governs the practice, and companies are readying their counterattack. → Read More

NEW MEMBER PROFILE: Carol Miller's creed: Trump, coal and cutting the 'bull'

Carol Miller ran for office "to cut the bull out" of Washington. Now that she's won, she must leave her own bison behind in southern West Virginia. → Read More

CLEAN WATER ACT: EPA drafting rule to curb its veto power — sources

EPA is working on a regulation to limit the agency's ability to nix water pollution permits. → Read More

COAL ASH: EPA finalizes changes to Obama dumping rule

EPA today unveiled the first of two planned rewrites to landmark Obama-era regulations governing the disposal of coal power plant combustion waste. → Read More

BRISTOL BAY: How Pruitt found middle ground on Pebble mine

EPA chief Scott Pruitt shocked many when he reversed course on withdrawing Obama-era proposed mining restrictions in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. → Read More

COAL: Bob Murray says his company doesn't need DOE grid plan

Coal executive Bob Murray said today the fate of his company doesn't hinge on a hot-button Department of Energy proposal aimed at offering a crutch to hobbled coal and nuclear power plants. → Read More

ENERGY POLICY: Nuclear frets about 'marriage of convenience' with coal

Coal and nuclear power have become so synonymous lately, they are starting to sound like a pair of always-together high school lovebirds. → Read More

COAL: Hemp could clean up — if people stop mistaking it for pot

MORVEN FARM, Va. — Like at Fukushima and Chernobyl, hemp is being planted in the hills of southwest Virginia. → Read More

ENERGY POLICY: All-of-the-above hurts coal — analysis

The United States would extract less coal and employ fewer miners if the Trump administration is serious about an all-of-the-above path to energy dominance, according to a new analysis. → Read More

COAL: Blankenship opens wallet to clear his name, rattle Manchin

How does Senator Don Blankenship sound to you? → Read More

ENERGY POLICY: Perry to meet with mining execs at Trump's hotel

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is scheduled to address mining executives behind closed doors tomorrow at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. → Read More