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Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal) Newsletter for Sunday January 12, 2025 ( 5 items )  

2024 global temperature, climate assessment: U-M experts available to comment
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: At noon Eastern time on Jan. 10, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will release their assessment of temperature and climate trends for 2024. Ahead of this assessment, though, climate scientists are already warning that the planet continues to reach record warming levels, driving extreme weather, exacerbating disasters and pushing ecosystems toward their tipping points. University of  more

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement: Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $22 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Virginia
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today announced more than $22 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal commu  more

OSMRE Releases Final Environmental Analysis for Spring Creek Mine Federal Mining Plan Proposed Modification
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today released the Spring Creek Mine Federal Mining Plan Modification Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Spring Creek Mine is in Big Horn County, Montana, about 32 miles north of Sheridan, Wyoming. OSMRE prepared the EIS following a ruling by the District Cour  more

Treasury Intensifies Sanctions Against Russia by Targeting Russia's Oil Production and Exports
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: New energy sector determination targets Russia's primary revenue source with sanctions against Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, more than 180 vessels, and dozens of oil traders, oilfield service providers, insurance companies, and energy officials Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took sweeping action to fulfill the G7 commitment to reduce Russian revenues from energy, including blocking two   more

U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS Announce $6 Billion in Tax Credit Allocations for the Second Round of the SS 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Over 140 projects selected in Round 2; approximately 250 selected in total across both rounds Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced $6 billion in tax credits for the second round of the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) SS 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (SS 48C Program). The SS 48C Program, managed by the IRS with assistance from Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of M  more