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2. Surface mining reclamation in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Surface Mining is done all over the United States and this causes growing concerns about the impact on the environment. West Virginia is one of the leading coal mining states in the USA and the environmental debate has never been stronger. There have been battles fought and protest marches to raise awareness for environmental impacts of coal ...

3. Environmental justice and coal mining in Appalachia - Wikipedia

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   The shift towards coal surface mining from underground mining led to a 50% decline in mining jobs from 1985 to 2005, and competition from cheap natural gas also decreased demand for coal, leading some mines to close or reduce extraction, which further increased unemployment. [1]

4. List of coal mines in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Falkirk Mine: North American Coal Corporation [7] Surface North Dakota: 7,219,086 Three Oaks Mine: Luminant Mining Surface Texas 7,186,478 Harrison County Mine: CONSOL Energy [9] Underground [11] West Virginia 7,131,341 Tunnel Ridge Mine: Tunnel Ridge Underground West Virginia 6,988,112 Cumberland Mine: Foundation Coal [6] Underground Pennsylvania

5. Wyoming coal mine is shedding jobs ahead of the power ... - AOL

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   Despite the slump, West Virginia added 1,500 coal mining jobs in 2022 and employed by far more miners than any other U.S. state at 13,000, which is 30% of the total U.S. coal-mining employment ...

6. Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs ...

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   The Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America is a bill that would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to require state programs for regulation of surface coal mining to incorporate the necessary rule concerning excess spoil, coal mine waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams published by the Office of Surface Mining ...

7. Alpha Natural Resources - Wikipedia

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   In Coal River East, Kingston Mining, located in Kingston, West Virginia, has some of the world's most sought-after met coal. Currently, Alpha affiliates operate approximately 60 mines and 22 prep plants. Black Bear Surface Mines was previously operated, but more recently is one of the company's two land restoration projects.

8. Mountaintop removal mining - Wikipedia

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   However, in a comparison report on wind farms vs. surface mining on Coal River Mountain, WV, it was found that surface mining costs would outpace the income it would generate. Additionally, surface mining activity is limited. The study notes that those mines would only be active for 17 years, whilst wind farms have indefinite working potential.

9. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 - Wikipedia

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   Coal had been mined in the United States since the 1740s, but surface mining did not become widespread until the 1930s. At the end of that decade, states began to enact the first laws regulating the coal mining industry: West Virginia in 1939, Indiana in 1941, Illinois in 1943, and Pennsylvania in 1945.