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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Coal is the enemy of the human race: Criminal negligence edition	David Roberts	09 May 2008	Gristmill
Mining accidents and deaths cause a flurry of press coverage and then fade into our collective memory. But for a moment, let's think back to those horrific weeks last year as we waited to find out the fate of the trapped miners in Crandall Canyon ... only to be bitterly disappointed. Now look: The general manager and possibly other senior staff at the Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, Utah, where 9 miners died in August 2007, hid information from federal mini ...
Topics: mining, Utah, energy, coal (all these topics)

Neva-duh Cheaper to power Nevada with renewables than coal, says consultancy		26 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 2:57 PM on 26 Nov 2007 Nevada will end up with costlier power if it goes ahead with plans to build three new coal plants instead of relying on renewables, says a study from an independent economic consultancy. Higher construction costs and an inevitable tax on emissions will drive up costs of the black rock in the not-so-long run, according to ECONorthwest. The conclusions will surely get the thumbs up from d ...
Topics: coal, energy, Nevada, news, renewable energy, Utah (all these topics)

Somebody up there loves me Rocky rocks against coal	David Roberts	08 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Consider the following: Rocky Anderson, maverick mayor of Salt Lake City, is awesome. The Beatles are awesome. Coal is the enemy of the human race. Consider, further, whether this might be the greatest story you've ever read in your entire life.
Topics: coal, energy, music, Utah (all these topics)

EPA to Supreme Court: Take a hike! EPA gives permit to new Utah coal plant; Waxman cries foul	Brian Beutler	19 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Given the opportunity last month to adhere to the Supreme Court's findings in the case of Massachusetts vs. EPA, the EPA chose instead to completely ignore the ruling and proceed as if the case had never been heard. It issued a permit to Deseret Power to construct a 110-megawatt coal-fired power unit at an existing power plant in Uintah County, Utah. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today sent a letter t ...
Topics: coal, energy, litigation, politics, US EPA, Utah (all these topics)

Three rescue workers killed in Utah mine The tragedy grows	David Roberts	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Two Three rescue workers were killed and at least seven six others injured when a tunnel collapsed in Crandall Canyon mine, the site of a rescue operation attempting to reach six miners that have been trapped inside for what is now 11 days without contact. Mine officials are discussing whether to shut down the rescue effort.
Topics: coal, energy, Utah (all these topics)

With Safety Like This, Who Needs Danger? Rescue effort continues in collapsed Utah mine called 'safe' by owner		07 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
With Safety Like This, Who Needs Danger? Rescue effort continues in collapsed Utah mine called "safe" by owner The search for survivors continues at a coal mine in central Utah that collapsed early Monday. Four miners escaped the implosion -- which was so strong it registered magnitude 3.9 at a nearby seismic station -- but six others were trapped about three miles from the Crandall Canyon Mine entrance, some 1 ...
Topics: coal, energy, mining, news, Utah (all these topics)

Jim Sims and the clean coal PR push Learn how to recognize the shills	David Roberts	17 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Yesterday I wrote about an energy conference in Utah at which Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer enthusiastically shilled for coal and demanded more federal money for it. Looking more closely at the conference, I see I shouldn't have been surprised. The Salt Lake Tribune story from yesterday is all but a press release for Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who hosted the shindig. Toward the end, though, it drops this tidbit: Some of the West's biggest names in energy, includin ...
Topics: coal, energy, lying liars, politics, state politics, Utah (all these topics)

Fire on the Mountain	Ben White	13 Apr 2000	Muckraker
Enviros in Washington are apoplectic over what they fear will be a pre-Earth Day cave-in by the Clinton administration over mountaintop-removal mining in West Virginia. This used to be a mountain. Photo: David Miller, www.mountaintopmining.org. Readers may recall this battle from last year's appropriations season, when powerful Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) introduced a rider that would have bypassed a federal judge's ruling against the destructive mini ...
Topics: coal, Colorado, energy, Greenpeace, Idaho, Montana, Muckraker, Nevada, politics, Utah, Washington DC, West Virginia, World Bank, Wyoming (all these topics)

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