In the news today…
Mining:
- The Arizona Daily Star reports a former Coronado National Forest supervisor says his experience with the Rosemont Mine shows it’s time to overhaul the 1872 Mining Law.
- The Journal reports a West Virginia researcher believes West Virginia’s coal mines can be used as sources for rare earth elements.
- Deseret News (UT) and Salem News (OH) carry an op-ed by Michael Stumo, CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, in which he argues the U.S. needs to encourage domestic mining of critical minerals in order to compete with China in the clean energy and advanced technology industries.
Minerals:
- The Farmington Daily Times reports Rep. Grijalva traveled to Window Rock, Arizona to learn about the legacy of uranium mining on Navajo land.
Coal:
- The Hartford Courant reports Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette, who would likely succeed Energy Secretary Rick Perry should Perry resign, would also support subsidizing coal plants.
- Ohio Valley ReSource reports worker training programs alone will not be enough to save those in coal country.
- Colorado Politics reports PacifiCorp’s decision to move away from coal-fired power could hasten the closure of the Craig power plant in northwest Colorado.
- Argus reports BLM is proposing trimming the amount of land it makes available for coal leasing in the Powder River Basin.
- E&E Energywire reports the Lignite Energy Council in North Dakota is advertising that a new Tesla Model X electric car is powered by coal.
- KXLH reports residents of a West Virginia coal town say that now is the time to rebuild and sustain the coal industry which built their towns.
FERC:
- E&E Energywire reports FERC has dismissed Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association Inc.’s bid to fall under the agency’s oversight, setting back plans that could have preserved the utility’s use of coal power.