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Company will try again to open first new Wyoming coal mine in decades

Billings Gazette 20 Oct 2018

Ramaco Carbon has asked the Department of Environmental Quality to consider a revised plan for the Brook Mine that the company argues will address hydrology and blasting criticism ... The Department of Environmental Quality confirmed that it had received a revised application ... The coal company had already been fighting Ramaco over permit boundaries and lent its voice to criticism of Ramaco’s mining plan....

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Montana voters to decide whether to impose stricter mining standards

Billings Gazette 20 Oct 2018

Some of those include historic mining absent environmental regulations, but also more recent contamination left by bankrupt companies and insufficient reclamation bonding ... State law dictates that companies post reclamation bonds to pay for cleanup if they walk away ... For many proponents, past companies that have not lived up to promises of environmentally friendly mines and cutting edge technology causes a distrust of the industry....

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Study: Illinois slaughterhouse big nitrogen polluter

Waco Tribune-Herald 20 Oct 2018

(AP) — A central Illinois pork-processing plant released more nitrogen from animal waste into waterways than any other slaughterhouse in the U.S., according to a report from a nonprofit environmental organization ... "The JBS Beardstown pork facility is well within its permitting requirements and has achieved improved environmental compliance since our acquisition of the facility in late October 2015," the company said in a statement....

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Pipeline conversion for natural gas liquids cancelled

Commonwealth Journal 20 Oct 2018

It wanted a brand new, affiliated company, Utica Marcellus Texas Pipeline LLC, to convert its abandoned portion into a transmission line for natural gas liquids. Buried more than three dozen paragraphs into a Wednesday afternoon press release regarding its third-quarter results, in which it said the company expects to exceed financial targets for the year, was this paragraph....

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Ellison hit with EPA fine

Rutland Herald 20 Oct 2018

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it had reached the agreement with Ellison's parent company, Ohio-based Ellison Holdings. The company also pledged to fix all ......

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Idaho, environmental group settle mine pollution lawsuit

Journal Review 20 Oct 2018

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An environmental group and Idaho officials have reached a tentative settlement over toxic discharge from an abandoned silver and lead mine in central Idaho near one of the world's top ski destinations ... Asarco Mining Company filed for bankruptcy and, the lawsuit said, agreed to pay the Department of Environmental Quality $1.7 million to take care of cleanup at the mine....

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Company halts pipeline conversion project

The Richmond Register 20 Oct 2018

For years now, Kentucky counties and other municipalities, as well as various area environmental groups, have spoken up against an effort by energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan to repurpose a natural gas pipeline to transport liquid gas ... The company's pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide (CO2) and more....

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Is Oregon's Department of Justice for hire?

The World 20 Oct 2018

New York University’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center, backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies, funds Novick’s legal fellowship with the aim of strengthening state attorney general offices in their crusade against the Trump administration’s environmental policies ... This same environmental policy agenda drives NYU’s Center, as expressed in its communication with state attorneys general....

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BP’s Rocky Mountain high threatened by $39 million oil vote

Denver Post 20 Oct 2018

and others, BP is now in the midst of a multimillion-dollar war over the state’s environmental future ... These companies “don’t just have to win,” said Ethan Bellamy, a senior analyst at Robert W ... Some companies are doing what they can to mitigate the impact of the measure ... While the company opposes the ballot measure, it casts itself as broadly supportive of Denver’s environmental goals....

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Scientists in Montana and B.C. Ramp Up Water Quality Monitoring

Flathead Beacon 20 Oct 2018

As Teck works to correct the situation — the company recently announced the treatment facility is back online — the mining continues, and proposed expansions to the global giant’s growing footprint has water-quality advocates on high alert ... Teck Coal is investing between $850-$950 million to construct water treatment facilities, but has been fined for violating provincial environmental rules....

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Energy company pursues third wind farm in South Dakota area

News & Record 20 Oct 2018

(AP) — An energy company is moving forward with a plan for a new 36-turbine wind farm in northeastern South Dakota ... the company's senior development manager ... Mauersberger said the company has completed environmental assessments and obtained 98 percent of the landowner agreements for the third wind farm....

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Housing not fine for neighbors of old mill

The Salem News 20 Oct 2018

Complicating matters is the need for an environmental cleanup after decades of industrial uses at the property, not to mention the more recent issues with Commonwealth Tank ... The company was placed under a cleanup order from the state Department of Environmental protection, however, after city and state officials learned in March 2016 that Comm Tank had been storing hundreds of used home heating oil tanks and stockpiling debris there....

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Nexa Resources Announces Approval of the Construction of the Aripuanã Project and Filing of Related ...

Courier Express 20 Oct 2018

(“Nexa Resources” or the “Company”) (NYSE ... Aligned with the Company’s social strategy, the plan has set goals in five main areas. ... In addition to the completion of the Technical Report, the Aripuanã project was issued its preliminary environmental license in April 2018, and the Company expects to receive the installation license by the end of 2018, which will allow it to proceed with construction....

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