Longwall coal mine companies push to “downgrade” stream pollution controls

By Kristen Lombardi

Much has been made about the Bush administration’s 11th hour repeal of a key rule meant to keep coal-slurry waste out of Appalachian streams

Excerpts from this story referencing "Foundation Coal Holdings":

"… e southwestern corner of Pennsylvania, two companies — Consol Energy and Foundation Coal Holdings — are trying to change the stream classification known as “high qualit …"

First longwall mine in six years underway

By Kristen Lombardi

Score one for King Coal in northern Appalachia. Today’s boom in the coalfields of southwestern Pennsylvania — where the 42.7 million tons ex

Excerpts from this story referencing "Foundation Coal Holdings":

"… ($111 a ton) of just two years ago ($45) — is giving rise to a new mine.Foundation Coal Holdings, the nation’s fourth largest producer of underground coal, has announced …"

Resources

By The Center for Public Integrity

Websites of coal companies and citizens groups, as well as studies about and lawsuits over the impacts of longwall mining.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Foundation Coal Holdings":

"… tions in Appalachia. Four of them are in southwestern Pennsylvania.4. Foundation Coal Holdings is the fourth-largest coal producer, with 12 collieries in Appalachia …"