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On January 23, 2012, a federal judge denied a motion by anti-mining groups to add a NEPA-based health effects claim to a pending challenge to a "fill" permit issued by the Corps of Engineers. In Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, et al. v. U.S. Army Corps, et al., Civil Action No. 3:11-0149 (S.D. W.Va. 2012), Doc. No. 84 ("Order"), the Court ruled that the proposed additional claim was "futile." This case involves a challenge to a permit issued by the Corps of Engineers under Clean Water Act § 404 permit for Highland Mining Company's Reylas Surface Mine located in Logan County, West Virginia.
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No Need to Panic About Global Warming
There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to 'decarbonize' the world's economy.
A candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about "global warming." Candidates should understand that the oft-repeated claim that nearly all scientists demand that something dramatic be done to stop global warming is not true. In fact, a large and growing number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed.
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By Chris Cooper and Kiyotaka Matsuda
Daiichi Chuo Shipping sees boom in US imports as increased use of shale gas frees coal for export
(Updates with closing share price in fifth paragraph.)
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha, a Tokyo- based shipping line, said it’s targeting a boom in coal exports from the U.S. as shale gas production frees up the fuel for sales overseas. The shares jumped the most in three years.
“Exports of coal from the U.S. could easily double in the next three or four years,” Saburo Koide, president of the company, said in an interview in Tokyo yesterday. “We’ve already had several inquiries on shipping coal from there,” he said, declining to name potential customers.
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Dow Jones Newswires
CSX Corp. (CSX) executives forecast continued strong U.S. coal exports in 2012, although they said the railroad's coal shipments likely will be down overall because of slack demand from domestic electric utilities.
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Please note the change of date for the monthly KVMI Meeting initially set for February 2 has now been moved to Thursday, February 9 to avoid conflict with the WV Mining Symposium.
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