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Mining in the News
Across the country, support for key mining community issues is regularly spotlighted in opinion-editorials, letters to the editor and resolutions approved by local governments. This page features a variety of these materials and is updated regularly to reflect publication of supportive mining messages.
Click on the map to see where pro-mining opinion editorials, letters to the editor and local government resolutions have been produced.Click on the titles with folders beside their names to expand that section.
More information is available to NMA members here.
Local Resolutions
- Colorado, Town of Hotchkiss, November 14, 2008
- Colorado, Moffat County, November 10, 2008
- Montana, Petroleum County, November 3, 2008
- Montana, Sheridan County, October 24, 2008
- Montana, Rosebud County, October 15, 2008
- Montana, Musselshell County, October 14, 2008
- Montana, Liberty County, October 8, 2008
- Montana, Wheatland County, October 8, 2008
- Montana, Richland County, October 7, 2008
- Montana, Montana Association of Oil, Gas and Coal Counties Resolution, September 22, 2008
- Montana, Yellowstone County, August 28, 2008
- New Mexico, Cibola County, November 24, 2008
- New Mexico, City of Gallup, October 29, 2008
- New Mexico, McKinley County, October 7, 2008
- Nevada, Esmeralda County, September 16, 2008
- Nevada, Humboldt County, October 6, 2008
- Nevada, Lander County, September 11, 2008
- Nevada, Lincoln County, January 5, 2009
- Nevada, Churchill County, September 4, 2008
- Nevada, Elko County, September 3, 2008
- Pennsylvania, Somerset County, December 23, 2008
- Virginia, Russell County, October 14, 2008
- Virginia, Tazewell County, October 7, 2008
- Virginia, Dickenson County, September 23, 2008
- Virginia, Lee County, September 16, 2008
- Virginia, Wise County, September 11, 2008
- Virginia, Buchanan County, September 8, 2008
- Virginia, St. Paul, January 16, 2008
Opinion Editorials
- Energy and Climate:
- The Charleston Gazette, "Bias in Reporting on Stream Buffer Rule" December 16, 2008
- The Charleston Gazette, "Nuclear? Coal? What other energy solutions?" December 3, 2008
- The Albuquerque Journal, "Clean Coal Most Viable Option" November 22, 2008
- The Evansville Courier and Press, "U.S. must cut CO2 emissions" November 21, 2008
- The Journal Gazette, "Carbon capture key to using coal" November 19, 2008
- The Indianpolis Star, "Energy future depends on capturing emissions" November 17, 2008
- The New York Times, "The U.S. Must Take the Lead on Climate Change" November 14, 2008
- The Las Cruces Sun-News, "Clean coal offers most practical energy solution" November 13, 2008
- The Daily Times, "Coal an important power source" November 8, 2008
- The Herald Dispatch, "U.S. Can’t Delay Developing New Energy Policy" November 1, 2008
- The Fort Worth Star Telegram, "Clean coal good for Texas" October 19, 2008
- The Keene Sentinel, "We need to make full use of all domestic energy sources" October 10, 2008
- The Austin American-Statesman, "Clean Coal Can Help Meet the Energy Needs of Texas and the United States" September 19, 2008
- The Montgomery Advertiser, "Coal key to energy strategy" September 16, 2008
- The Enquirer, "Oil, coal, gas, nuclear - all are needed for U.S. energy security" September 14, 2008
- The Marietta Times, "Conservation is Just Part of the Energy Puzzle" September 12, 2008
- The Tribune Democrat, "U.S. up to challenge of cleaner emissions" September 12, 2008
- The Times Tribune, "Capture CO2, free economy" September 9, 2008
- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "America's future could be — should be — tied to clean-coal technology" September 9, 2008
- The Kalamazoo Gazette, "Wind is not practical, in the long run our energy future depends on coal" September 4, 2008
- The Pentagraph, "Energy dependence can end in U.S." August 31, 2008
- The State Journal Register, "A well-rounded plan is key to solving energy issues" August 31, 2008
- The Detroit News, "Coal must remain vital state energy source" August 25, 2008
- The Journal Star, "Op-Ed: Taxpayers should support clean coal" August 16, 2008
- The Omaha World Herald, "Watch Wind Turbines on Hot August Days" July 31, 2008
- The Rapid City Journal, "Challenging Yes, But the Key Is In Capturing Emissions" July 12, 2008
- The Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Coal Power: Stress efficient carbon capture-and-storage" July 11, 2008
- The Akron Beacon Journal, "Coal, clean fuel of the future" July 2, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, "Cap and trade wrong way to carbon reduction" May 24, 2008
- The Reno Gazette-Journal, "Clean-coal technology is important to future" May 20, 2008
- The Great Falls Tribune, "Carbon capture rules should strike balance between environmental and economic benefits" May 6, 2008
- The Nashville Tennessean, "Consumers can benefit from coal resurgence" April 29, 2008
- The Albuquerque Journal, "Cap-And-Trade Plan Simply Hot Air" April 24, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, "State must put energy needs before climate change legislation" April 12, 2008
- The Asheville Citizen-Times, "Clean-coal Technology is Vital to Our Energy Needs" March 21, 2008
- The Roanoke Times, "Coal will feed Virginia’s power needs" March 2, 2008
- The Brtistol Herald Courier, "Don't Restrict Use of Coal for Power" December 16, 2007
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Letters to the Editor
- Climate Change and Clean Energy:
- The Charleston Gazette, Clean Energy, May 31, 2009
- The West Virginia State Journal, Climate Change, December 11, 2008
- The Virginian Pilot, Climate Change, November 15, 2008
- The New York Times, Climate Change, November 10, 2008
- The Charleston Gazette, Coal to Liquids, October 29, 2008
- Richmond Times Dispatch, Clean Energy, October 7, 2008
- Richmond Times Dispatch, Carbon Capture, September 17, 2008
- Bristol Herald Courier, Clean Energy, September 6, 2008
- The Coalfield Progress, Clean Energy, September 2, 2008
- The Kingsport Times, Clean Energy, September 1, 2008
- The Richmond Times Dispatch, Clean Energy, August 30, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, Carbon Capture, August 16, 2008
- Richmond Times Dispatch, Clean Energy, August 3, 2008
- The Laurel Hill Connection, Climate Change, June 26, 2008
- The Richmond Times Dispatch, Climate Change, April 21, 2008
- The Charleston Daily Mail, Climate Change, March 24, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, Clean Energy, March 23, 2008
- Great Falls Tribune, Climate Change, March 22, 2008
- The Charleston Daily Mail, Climate Change, March 11, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, Clean Energy, February 24, 2008
- The Bristol Herald Courier, Climate Change, February 17, 2008
- The Register Herald, Clean Energy, February 1, 2008
- The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Clean Energy, January 25, 2008
- The Charleston Gazette, Climate Change, December 2, 2007
- The Billings Gazette, Climate Change, November 24, 2007
- Mining
- Mining Law:
- Cibola County Beacon, Mining Law, August 22, 2008
- The Reno Gazette Journal, Mining Law, April 2, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, Mining Law, March 31, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, Mining Law, February 10, 2008
- The Cibola Beacon, Mining Law, January 24, 2008
- The Billings Gazette, Mining Law, January 20, 2008
- The Review Journal, Mining Law, January 10, 2008
- Alaska Journal of Commerce, Mining Law, November 11, 2007
- The Sierra Vista Herald, Mining Law, November 6, 2007
- The Review Journal, Mining Law, November 3, 2007
- The Billings Gazette, Mining Law, November 2, 2007
- The Elko Daily, Mining Law, October 31, 2007
- Eastern Arizona Courier, Mining Law, October 31, 2007
- Grand Junction Free Press, Mining Law, October 29, 2007
- The Arizona Republic, Mining Law, October 27, 2007
- Grand Junction Sentinel, Mining Law, February 14, 2007
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