The urgency to tap alternative fuel sources in the United States, impelled by the drive for
energy self-sufficiency, has made strip mining of lignite in Bastrop County, Texas, a reality …

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Communications and Marketing, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic …

This working paper addresses the socio-economic implications of lignite development in the
rural areas of Arkansas and Louisiana. It draws upon the experience with lignite …

ABSTRACT Bastrop County, Texas is undergoing rapid population growth, and is part of the
counterurbanization trend in the United States. It is an amenity rich county, adjacent to …

Lignite has been mined in the USA on a large scale in Montana, North Dakota, and Texas
since the early 1970s and in Louisiana since the mid‐1980s. Lignite is a common energy …

Large deposits of recoverable lignite reserves occur in parts of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama. In recent years, companies have accelerated exploration for …

Subject: 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS;
LAND RECLAMATION; ECONOMICS; USA; BITUMINOUS COAL; COST; SURFACE …

Extensive lignite deposits are located in the Gulf Coast region of Texas. Much of the lignite is
near enough to the surface to be removed by conventional surface mining techniques. Other …

As the nationwide and worldwide shortages of energy become more apparent, and as the
cost of energy rises, there is little doubt that lignite as found in northwestern Louisiana will …

With the growing concern for finding new sources of energy, there has been renewed
interest in an old source, lignite. In the past few years, Texas lignite has been" rediscovered" …