Transition in Coal Country: Part One

What’s next for coal country?

By Mason Adams and Dustin Bleizeffer

Coal communities in Appalachia and Wyoming are vital revenue engines for huge portions of the rural U.S., and they face devastation with little time to adjust to new realities.

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July 09 2020

Owner plans to keep pumping oil through Dakota Access pipeline

PIPELINES: The owner of the Dakota Access pipeline says it has no immediate plans to stop pumping oil through the line as it seeks an appeal of a judge’s order that it be shut down by August 5. (Associated Press) ALSO: Legal experts say developers’ strategy to build pipelines first and then sort out legal […]

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July 09 2020

TVA offers jobs, efficiency investments to keep Memphis utility

UTILITIES: The Tennessee Valley Authority offers to roughly double its number of employees in Memphis and spend $135 million over a decade on energy efficiency and urban revitalization if the city’s utility stays contracted with TVA. (Commercial Appeal) ALSO: • Georgia regulators will allow Georgia Power to eventually charge customers for pandemic-related expenses like overtime, […]

Northeast Energy News

July 09 2020

Pennsylvania House passes bill to block joining emissions compact

EMISSIONS: The Pennsylvania House passes a bill to prevent the state from joining a regional emissions compact as environmental officials release a report that says membership would save hundreds of lives. (StateImpact Pennsylvania) FINANCE: Connecticut’s green bank unveils $1,000 “mini green bonds” that allow the public to help fund clean energy projects. (Energy News Network) […]

Western Energy News

July 09 2020

Wyoming approves first new coal mine in nearly 50 years

COAL: Wyoming environmental regulators approve a company’s application to construct the state’s first new coal mine in almost half a century. (Casper Star-Tribune) ALSO: • Peabody Energy and Arch Resources challenge a federal agency’s claim that a proposed merger would cause “anticompetitive harm” to Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. (Wyoming Public Media) • The owners of […]

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Democrats tighten timeline for eliminating carbon emissions

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