Arch Coal Ends Self-Bonding, Agrees to Fund Future Mine Cleanups to Exit Bankruptcy September 13, 2016 By Tracy Rucinski U.S. coal miner Arch Coal has agreed to set aside collateral to cover future mine cleanup costs as part of...
U.S. to Hear Concerns Over Coal Mines’ Self-Bonding May 20, 2016 By Patrick Rucker and Tracy Rucinski The United States is considering whether to reign in a subsidy on coal mine cleanup costs and in so doing...
Lawmakers Seek Audit of Mine Cleanup Insurance Program March 9, 2016 Federal auditors should examine a program that has allowed leading coal companies to lower cleanup insurance costs and could leave...
Lawmakers Vow to Review Abandoned Mine Insurance Program June 26, 2015 Lawmakers will examine whether a program that allows coal companies to forgo mine cleanup insurance could leave taxpayers with billion...
U.S. Regulators Scrutinizing Coal Mines’ Clean-Up Insurance Program June 8, 2015 By Patrick Rucker Coal giant Peabody Energy has been among the harshest critics of federal energy policies, joining a court challenge to the...