A Year After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Extends Deadline for Coal Companies to Monitor Methane Gas Above Mines

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By By Lee HedgepethApr 11, 2025, 5:00 am216 ptsTop
Following federal intervention last year, state officials had given coal operators 90 days to submit methane monitoring plans. At the request of the Alabama Mining Association, regulators have now given them six more months. By Lee Hedgepeth Undermined: Fourteenth in a series about the impacts of longwall…

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