Good News For The Environment Of The Appalachians…

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Obama administration moved to block a mountaintop coal-mining project from going forward and said Tuesday it would scrutinize more than a hundred mining permits amid concern about the waste that is dumped into rivers and streams.

It was viewed as the first time in at least eight years the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]

World coal reserves overestimated, says scientist » Radio Podcasts | Earth & Sky

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That’s CalTech engineer David Rutledge, who spoke to EarthSky at a recent science meeting. He said governments around the world have overestimated coal reserves or, the amount of coal still available for energy use.

David Rutledge: That estimate, at least for these trends, appears to be high, for coal.

To figure out how high, Rutledge [...]