Browsing Tag 'coal'
A Colombian coal mine opens a treasure chest of fossils. By Liza Lester Edwin Cadena and his 60-million-year-old giant “coal turtle” discovered in Cerrejón coal mine, Colombia, South America. Credit, Cadena. Used by permission. IT was large, that much was obvious. When Edwin Cadena first saw the fossil in 2005, he thought he might be [...]
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This post contributed by Terence Houston, ESA Science Policy Analyst A proposal to develop new marine coal export terminals in Oregon and Washington, which could ship between 75 million and 175 million tons of Powder River Basin coal annually to Asia, has drawn concern from environmentalists in the region. The National Wildlife Federation and the [...]
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The practice of mountaintop removal mining has spurred a great deal of research and policy debate since January of this year, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) vetoed a federal permit for the 2,278 acre Spruce No. 1 mine in Logan County, West Virginia. The veto of the permit was EPA’s 13th use of its [...]
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