CHIPPENDALE, Australia, June 27 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: * * * "Irresponsible backflip": NSW Coalition puts the state's energy grid at risk The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) and local advocates are calling on the NSW Coalition to stay the course and not abandon the state's largest renewable energy zone, halfway through its development. What happened: The NSW Liberal-National Coalition has decided to scale back the state's largest rene  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 27 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Groups threaten TVA with lawsuit over Clean Air Act violations at Cumberland plants The Tennessee Valley Authority's reckless coal retirement reversal led the utility to violate federal law - CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. -- The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, has notified the Tennessee Val  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration is accepting public comments on a petition from Fossil Rock Resources LLC seeking approval to use alternative respirators near active mining faces. The notice summarizes a petition requesting modification of 30 CFR 75.1002(a), which governs permissible electric equipment within 150 feet of pillar workings or longwall faces. The proposal applies to the Fossil Rock Mine in Emery County, Utah. Comment  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration is accepting public comments on a petition from Fossil Rock Resources LLC, Orangeville, Utah, seeking permission to use alternative respiratory protection equipment at its underground coal mine in Utah. The notice, published in the Federal Register, summarizes a petition requesting modification of mandatory safety standard 30 CFR 75.500(d), which governs permissible electric equipment used in under  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comment on a petition from Fossil Rock Resources LLC, Orangeville, Utah, requesting permission to use intrinsically safe powered air-purifying respirators in return air areas underground. The petition, published in a notice, would modify the application of federal safety standard 30 CFR 75.507-1 governing electric equipment used outby the last open crosscut in return air courses a  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration is accepting public comments on ICG Beckley LLC's, West Virginia, petition to modify atmospheric monitoring requirements at a West Virginia coal mine. The notice, published in the Federal Register, summarizes a petition requesting modification of mandatory safety standard 30 CFR 75.351(h), which requires atmospheric monitoring system (AMS) sensors to be located within 50 feet downwind of electrical  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration is seeking public comments on Iron Cumberland LLC's, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, petition to modify federal mine safety standards governing mining near six plugged Marcellus gas wells. The notice, published in the Federal Register, summarizes a petition filed by Iron Cumberland LLC requesting approval to modify the application of mandatory safety standard 30 CFR 75.1700, which governs oil and gas wel  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration has published a notice seeking public comment on a petition from Paramont Contura LLC, Norton, Virginia, requesting permission to use an alternative method for mining through plugged gas wells at its Deep Mine 46 operation in Virginia. The petition, published in the Federal Register, asks MSHA to modify the application of the mandatory safety standard governing oil and gas wells under 30 CFR 75.170  more