Coal

Usibelli Coal Mine, near Healy, Alaska, agrees to pay $60,000 EPA penalty for Clean Water Act violations

Release date: 01/20/2011

Contact Information: Eva DeMaria, EPA NPDES Compliance Unit, (206) 553-1970, demaria.eva@epa.gov Tony Brown, EPA Public Affairs, (206) 553-1203, brown.anthony@epa.gov

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You’ve heard about peak oil, but what about peak coal? Listen to Richard Heinberg’s take on an economic peak.

Peak Coal, Richard Heinberg (5 minutes 14 seconds)

Download Energy Watch Group’s PDF report on the future of coal:

EWG_Report_Coal_10-07-2007ms

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Alaska Daily News: residential coal mining

“this is the first time in Alaska history that a surface-extraction coal mine has been located within one-quarter-mile of two dozen homes and within a mile of more than 100 homes”

http://www.adn.com/2010/08/19/1417302/planners-give-mine-critics-a-boost.html#ixzz12wDoglV4

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Alaska Daily News: Chickaloon Village Traditional Council concerned with coal development in the Matanuska Valley, June 10, 2010

http://www.adn.com/2010/06/10/1317743/village-council-vows-to-block.html

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Clean coal diversion tactic

http://www.grist.org/article/The-essential-clean-coal-scam/

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Utah Voters pass measure on coal plants

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Utah_and_coal

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————Existing coal plants in the United States

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Existing_U.S._Coal_Plants

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EPA faulted for not disclosing coal ash’s recycling risks, Oct 19, 2010