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New fiber line to help local businesses
Businesses in Somerset County that send and receive large data files now have another Internet option thanks to a partnership between PBS Coals and Comcast. Comcast Business, a division of Comcast Cable, reports PBS Coals, Friedens, is using Comcast...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Metal and Mineral, Business, Friedens, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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INSIGHT-U.S. miners' union charts new course to save benefits in bankruptcy
ReutersBy Nick Brown May 1 (Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights...Tags: Unions, Interior Policy, Justice System, Healthcare Contract Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Letters: When coal and ranching collide
Re "Ranchers drawing a line in the coal," April 27 With ranchers in southern Montana possibly having their land divided by rail lines to deliver coal to Asia — disrupting their cattle operations and polluting their water — it does seem...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Agriculture
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Insight: Miner's union charts new course to save benefits in bankruptcy
Reuters(Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights when companies...Tags: Business Enterprises, Unions, Abbott Laboratories, Interior Policy, Justice System
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COLUMN-India bullish for coal, China not; risks aplenty: Clyde Russell
Reuters--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 1 (Reuters) - India may import an additional 30 million tonnes of coal in the current fiscal year, and the good news for...Tags: China, India, Australia, Prices
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Patriot, mine workers spar in St. Louis over wages, benefits
St. Louis Post-DispatchPatriot Coal Corp. must slash union wages and benefits by $150 million or be forced to sell itself off in pieces and 4,200 jobs will be lost, the company's lawyer told the judge overseeing its bankruptcy case. Patriot attorney Elliot Moskowitz said...Tags: Unions, Respiratory Disease, Metal and Mineral, Justice System, Companies and Corporations
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Nine problems regulators have with NV Energy's coal-ditching plan
Las Vegas SunNevadans of every political stripe have cheered NV Energy's plan to eject itself from the coal business. They envision unemployed Nevadans back to work, laboring under clear, blue skies; dismantling dirty coal plants and installing new solar panels;...Tags: Conservation, U.S. Senate, Renewable Energy, Government, Agriculture
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COLUMN-Droughts put U.S. energy supply in peril: Kemp
Reuters(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Water and energy are inextricably linked. Power plants are the largest users of water in the United States, while substantial amounts...Tags: Droughts, U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation, Metal and Mineral, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Column: Droughts put U.S. energy supply in peril
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Water and energy are inextricably linked. Power plants are the largest users of water in the United States, while substantial amounts of energy are needed to supply fresh water to homes, farms and factories and treat waste water...Tags: Droughts, U.S. Geological Survey, Metal and Mineral, Conservation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Santee Cooper coal plant discharges spark federal lawsuit
The StateAn environmental group made good Monday on its threat to sue Santee Cooper for years of arsenic contamination at the state-owned utility's coal-fired power plant west of Myrtle Beach. In a federal lawsuit, the Waccamaw Riverkeeper says Santee Cooper and...Tags: Litigation, Environmental Pollution, Metal and Mineral, Trials, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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We Energies asks PSC to OK conversion of Valley power plant to natural gas
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe last coal-burning power plant in southeastern Wisconsin lacking modern pollution controls would be converted to natural gas by late 2015 under a plan We Energies filed with state regulators Monday. The utility filed an application requesting that...Tags: Energy Resources, Environmental Pollution, Metal and Mineral, Business, Northwestern Mutual
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Miner memorial group joins preservationists
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.The Upper Big Branch Mining Memorial Group announced Sunday their intent to play a key role in preserving West Virginia's history. The group has joined the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia as a Growth and Development Organizational Partner....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Mining
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