Think you’re safe from the effects of coal exports because you don’t live near a coal mine? How about railroad tracks? Chances are you either live near railroad tracks or travel next to or across railroad tracks to get from point A to point B in your daily travels. According to this article from the […]
SkyTruth has joined WaterKeeper Alliance members from around the Pacific Rim and other NGO’s in petitioning the Army Corps of Engineers (ACoE) to widen the scope of their environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Gateway Pacific Coal Terminal at Cherry Point in Whatcom County, WA. We endorse this petition because it supports our vision of […]
(UPDATE: 12/7/12 at 11:47 a.m.) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has now listed the Robinson Run Mine 95 coal slurry pond accident a fatality. According to the preliminary report, the operator of a Caterpillar D6 bulldozer was pulled into the wastewater impoundment when the bank collapsed beneath him and two other miners working on expanding one of […]
A few days ago we posted some maps and images to show how the export of coal mined here in the U.S. to the Asian market would ramp up the impact on Western landscapes and habitat in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana. Our friend Chris Boyer at Kestrel Aerial Services just sent […]
Lately coal export has been getting a lot of attention in the media. Exporting coal from the US to overseas markets means an increase coal mining activity and an increase in train traffic through communities between the mines and coastal export terminals. Last fall, I blogged about the massive 7,500 foot long coal trains, to […]