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Dylan covers the mining industry and American Indian issues. Since joining Greenwire in April 2014, he's also written about the U.S. Geological Survey, endangered species, public lands and wildlife trafficking. He worked previously for Idaho's The Lewiston Morning Tribune. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 2013.
A Japanese power plant engineer this week backed a controversial coal export terminal proposal in Washington state to supply fuel for helping replace nuclear power since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi meltdown.
A federal grand jury indicted a prominent West Virginia coal executive this week over accusations that he orchestrated a campaign donation scheme between 2010 and 2013.
Two powerful Kentucky Republicans doubled down on a proposal to uproot the Appalachian Regional Commission as an attempt to better serve a poor region reeling from the coal industry's decline.
Five Democratic senators yesterday reintroduced their bid to reform the nation's bedrock mining laws.
Mine safety advocates are raising questions about the former coal executive President Trump tapped to protect the nation's miners.