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The Utah Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a challenge to an expansion of a strip mine near Bryce Canyon National Park.

Coal mine challenge heads to Utah Supreme Court

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 2:42pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Environmental groups said Utah regulators erred in approving a strip mine near Bryce Canyon National Park in arguments held Monday before the Utah Supreme Court.

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(Tim Vizer/Belleville News-Democrat/) A new power plant in Illinois.

Coal to remain in power loop for quite a while

Renee Schoof McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 7:05pm

The Prairie State power plant, set amid farm fields and woods in southwestern Illinois, will start producing power soon, beginning a life of burning local coal that's expected to last until at least the 2040s.

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FILE - In an April 5, 2010 file photo, West Virginia State Police direct traffic at the entrance to Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine in Montcoal, W.Va. An independent investigation concludes the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men last year was the result of safety failings by owner Masey Energy Co and rejects the company’s argument that a sudden gas buildup caused the deadliest U.S. coalfield disaster since 1970. The report released Thursday, May 19, 2011 and commissioned by the state’s former governor said Masey violated basic safety practices, including not ventilating the tunnels enough. It supported the federal government's theory that methane gas mixed with huge volumes of explosive coal dust turned a small fireball into a preventable earth-shattering explosion. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)

Independent study faults owner in coal mine blast

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 10:28am

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- An independent investigation concludes the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men last year was the result of safety failings by owner Massey Energy Co and rejects the company's argument that a sudden gas buildup caused the deadliest U.S. coalfield disaster since 1970.

The report released Thursday and commissioned by the state's former governor said Massey violated basic safety practices, including not ventilating the tunnels enough. The study supported the federal government's theory that methane gas mixed with huge volumes of explosive coal dust turned a small fireball into a preventable earth-shattering explosion

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Energy plan touts nuclear power in Utah

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 18, 2011 - 11:28pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Nuclear power must be an important part of Utah's future energy portfolio, Gov. Gary Herbert said Friday as he unveiled a 10-year plan that emphasizes the need for nuclear energy alongside traditional fossil fuels and renewable sources.

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EPA targets coal-fired power plants with new mercury rule

Renee Schoof McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 9:39pm

WASHINGTON -- Toxic air pollutants such as mercury, which can lower the IQ of children who get high doses early in life, will be reduced from coal-fired power plants under a major air pollution regulation that the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled Wednesday.

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In probe of 29 miners' deaths, Massey official arrested

Daniel Malloy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 2:44pm

WASHINGTON -- Criminal investigators sent an aggressive signal in probing the fatal Upper Big Branch mine explosion Monday with the arrest of a top security official on a pair of felony charges.

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(Associated Press file photo) A scenic view from the Emerald Pools Trails looking east in Zion National Park in Southern Utah in 2009. A petition contends the Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington, N.M., has harmed air at 16 national parks and wilderness areas in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.

Groups sue over air pollution at national parks

Felicia Fonseca, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 12:33am

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A group of environmentalists has sued the federal government in an effort to force a declaration on the source of air pollution over national parks and wilderness areas in the West.

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An aerial view shows the Pike River Coal mine near Atarau, the site of an underground explosion, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, while about 30 people were underground. Five workers, dazed and slightly injured, stumbled to the surface, while more than two dozen are missing. (Stewart Nimmo/Associated Press)

Two dozen miners missing in New Zealand mine explosion

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 11:13am

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Explosion shakes New Zealand coal mine; 27 missing

Ray Lilley, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 12:27pm

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A gas explosion ripped through one of New Zealand's largest coal mines Friday while dozens of workers were underground. Five of them, dazed and slightly injured, stumbled to the surface hours later, and 27 were missing, officials said.

Police said that shortly before the blast the electricity went out in the mine, which may have caused ventilation problems. That may have contributed to a buildup of gas underground. Rescue teams were waiting for word that the mine was safe to enter.

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