Groups accuse USFS of wasting methane from mine

Posted by egable on April 29th, 2008 filed in Mining

Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service on Monday, opposing the agency’s approval of a plan for the West Elk Mine northeast of Paonia that allows the coal mine to release methane gas, the Denver Post reports. Environmentalists contend the mine will release enough gas to heat 35,000 homes for 12 years.