Strip mining rules face court challenge in Indiana ruling
The Illinois coal industry and farm land protection are pressed by a federal court ruling in Indiana that finds parts of the 1977 federal mine law unconstitutional. Judge James Noland’s decision could delay reclamation efforts, prompting appeals to the Supreme Court. Illinois officials and industry groups urge a swift fix to safeguard prime and nonprimo farmland.
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Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
U.S
James Noland
Indianapolis
Indiana
Coal
Uncle Sam
Illinois
Supreme Court
High Court
Ae G
Noland
Southwestern Illinois Coal Corp
Department of Mines and Minerals
Eee of Mines and Minerals
New SIU Carbondale President Albert Somit Named
Albert Somit is appointed president of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. A political scientist and former executive vice president at the State University of New York at Buffalo, he returns to Illinois amid faculty salary pressures and declining student enrollment. Somit promises to review salaries and leverage his administration experience to guide SIUC.
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Albert Somit
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
SIUC
State University of New York At Buffalo
Kenneth A. Shaw
Shaw
SIU
Edwardsville
Somit
Dr. Somit
Endangering the Life of Our President in Miami and Fort Wayne
A Fort Wayne hospitalized Vernon Jordan remained near death after a back shoot in Fort Jee Ind two weeks ago while a Miami incident saw rocks and bottles hurled at President Carter in Liberty City. The piece condemns police inaction and links the Miami riot to a broader pattern of political violence and stalled justice. The author urges swift arrests, FBI pursuit, and accountability for all ages of aggressors, arguing justice ignored breeds more violence.
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Vernon Jordan
Fort Jee Ind
C R
Miami
Jordan
Fort Wayne
Secret Service
Liberty City
Maurice Ferre
FBI
Carter
Tripled coal use by year 2000?
A 16-country study urged tripling world coal consumption by 2000. The United States could become the “Saudi Arabia of coal” but faces a path of expanding reserves, market shifts, and policy hurdles. Illinois holds the most bituminous coal and U.S. reserves are large, yet 20,000 miners remain out of work while coal competes with oil in price and policy.
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Ann Pelham
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
United Staes
Saudi Arabia
Carroll L. Wilson
U Gintee
United States
Ilinois
U.S
S Commission On Coal
Carter
Santak Dar He and
Congress
Japan
Coal use debate deepens as Congress weighs environmental costs
Congress faces a twofold challenge as it weighs expanding coal use against pollution controls. Environmental risks include mining accidents, water and land degradation, radioactive wastes, acid rain, and health impacts such as chronic lung disease and possible lung cancer from sulfur compounds. Experts warn acid rain harms wildlife and human health, with estimates of up to 188,000 deaths annually linked to sulfates. Congress considers Clean Air Act revisions to facilitate coal transitions while critics push for stricter emissions rules to curb acid rain and air pollution.
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Carl Bagge
National Coal Association
Bagge
Lce
Kathy Koch
Congress
Invision Alge Arsinece
Northeastern
Lowry Blackburn
Amax Coal Co
Vvironmental Protection Agency
Midae Sena
Midwest
EPA
Carlee
National Coalition
Letters oppose weaker air quality bill in Illinois
Kevin Greene of Citizens for a Better Environment argues that Illinois should reject weaker air quality legislation. He contends looser emission rules threaten sulfur dioxide standards, favor rural coal use, endanger vulnerable groups, and risk acid rain, urging sulfur removal tech and caution as new mines prepare to supply plants in surrounding states.
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Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Chicago
Peoria
East St. Louis
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Iowa
Florida
Missouri
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Siu-Carbondale
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American Mining and
Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
Nick J. Rahall
D-W. Va
Sonal Tadiey
United
States
Canada
Kevin Greene
Citizens For
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