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Cowboy Clean Fuels, a startup injecting sugar beet waste into coal seams, initially focused on the state because Wyoming has ample coal seams in its Powder River Basin.
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Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
After knocking down trees, energy firms would literally blast the tops off mountains in search of coal seams, carelessly dumping rubble in nearby streams.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
In the decades since, silica dust has become a major problem as Appalachian miners cut through layers of sandstone to reach less accessible coal seams in mountaintop mines where coal closer to the surface has long been tapped.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Advocates say advanced drilling technology means younger workers are cutting into more layers of rock containing silica with thinner coal seams in geological formations.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
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Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
After knocking down trees, energy firms would literally blast the tops off mountains in search of coal seams, carelessly dumping rubble in nearby streams.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
In the decades since, silica dust has become a major problem as Appalachian miners cut through layers of sandstone to reach less accessible coal seams in mountaintop mines where coal closer to the surface has long been tapped.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Advocates say advanced drilling technology means younger workers are cutting into more layers of rock containing silica with thinner coal seams in geological formations.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Coal seam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coal%20seam. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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