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Quecreek Mine Report Calls For Mine Mapping Reforms
Quecreek Mine Report Calls For Mine Mapping Reforms
Continue readingKRC Requests OSM To Set Aside State Law Provisions Stripping Protections From New Pine Mountain Trail State Park
KRC Requests OSM To Set Aside State Law Provisions Stripping Protections From New Pine Mountain Trail State Park
Continue readingComment today on proposed non-coal mining regulation revisions!
Comment today on proposed non-coal mining regulation revisions!
Continue readingComment Today on Non-Coal Regulation Revisions
Comment Today on Non-Coal Regulation Revisions
Continue readingCabinet Supports Revocation of Nugent Permit
Cabinet Supports Revocation of Nugent Permit
Continue readingGallatin County Residents Prevail in Permit Challenge
Gallatin County Residents Prevail in Permit Challenge
Continue readingCitizens Coal Council and KRC Challenge EPA Rule Relaxing Sediment Controls On Mining
Citizens Coal Council and KRC Challenge EPA Rule Relaxing Sediment Controls On Mining
Continue readingNugent Case Underscores Weakness In State Regulation of Non-Coal Mining
Nugent Case Underscores Weakness In State Regulation of Non-Coal Mining
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Energy & the Environment
Tom FitzGerald, director of KRC, presents. The regulatory goal for state and federal agencies regulating coal extraction, combustion, and disposal should be conservative design, not minimum compliance.
Continue readingKRC Files Brief Opposing Bonds for Transpark
KRC Files Brief Opposing Bonds for Transpark
Continue readingKFTC/KRC Citizen Complaint Spurs Federal Enforcement Action
KFTC/KRC Citizen Complaint Spurs Federal Enforcement Action
Continue readingOpening Brief Filed in Case Challenging Issuance of Mine Permits
Opening Brief Filed in Case Challenging Issuance of Mine Permits
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