Powder River News

June 15, 2009 - The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees Monday approved the final step in the site selection process for the High Plains Gasification-Advanced Technology Center to be built in the Cheyenne Business Parkway in east Cheyenne.

Little critters in the darkness of coal seams helped lead a University of Wyoming researcher to find a way to trace coal-bed methane water and could help energy companies be more efficient and reduce impact footprints.

Applications for a Permit to Mine and a Source Material License for the Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project were submitted to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality - Land Quality Division and the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission in December of 2007.

While Wyoming's Powder River Basin is ground zero for the growing battle over coalbed methane drilling, the conflict is causing flare-ups from Montana to New Mexico.

Sage grouse concern halts well permits Permits for some 82 coalbed methane wells are being sent back to the Bureau of Land Management's Buffalo Field Office because of alleged inadequate and inconsistent regard for sage grouse.

A federal appeals board has bounced 82 permits for coal-bed methane wells in the Powder River Basin back to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

A natural-gas drill rig stands at the Devon Corp. Big George coal formation in the Powder River Basin region of Wyoming in 2006.

There are currently four active mines in the Wyoming PRB producing coal with a heating value in the 8,800 Btu/lb range: Jacobs Ranch, Arch's Black Thunder mine, Peabody Energy Corp.

Rio Tinto chipped away at its debt mountain on Monday by agreeing to sell a US coal mine for $761m, bringing total gains from disposals this year to $2.49bn. Arch Coal , one of US's biggest coal miners, will ...

Recently, a bill to ban the use of mountaintop-mined coal in North Carolina was reintroduced in the General Assembly.

When the Surface Transportation Board hit BNSF Railway with its largest-ever penalty for overcharging a utility customer, the smackdown could be heard all across the country.

In addition to mining and processing, the company also markets and sells coal under long term contracts to power plants and industrial facilities.

The major U.S. railroads face a "serious battle" in the current U.S. Congress over upcoming legislation that would govern how they set their prices and how they are regulated, the top executive at Norfolk ...

Important notice to all antenna viewers in Casper, Laramie and Cheyenne: On February 18 you must re-scan your digital televisions or converter boxes to find Wyoming PBS! On Tonight WYOMING VOICES Powder River ...

Important notice to all antenna viewers in Casper, Laramie and Cheyenne: On February 18 you must re-scan your digital televisions or converter boxes to find Wyoming PBS! On Tonight WYOMING VOICES Powder River ...

WASHINGTON -- The Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday ordered BNSF Railway to pay $345 million in damages and rate relief to two utilities that had challenged rates for hauling coal from mines in Wyoming.

Important notice to all antenna viewers in Casper, Laramie and Cheyenne: On February 18 you must re-scan your digital televisions or converter boxes to find Wyoming PBS! On Tonight 9:00 PM WYOMING VOICES Powder ...

A couple years ago, I began to see reports that coal supplies might not last the 200+ years we've all been lead to believe, so I wrote an article about what you could do to prepare your portfolio for Peak Coal ...

A state legislative committee is considering a resolution asking Congress and President Obama to continue to exempt hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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