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Ohio provides funds to restore the Sunday Creek Watershed
By: Rosie Wong
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TRIMBLE, Ohio (WOUB) — A local community development organization received $120,000 to reverse environmental damage to parts of the Sunday Creek Watershed caused by abandoned coal mines. Rural Action… Read More
Coal firms owned by the family of West Virginia’s governor sued over unpaid penalties
By: John Raby | Denise Lavoie | AP
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thirteen coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are being sued over unpaid penalties for previous mining law violations that the… Read More
Feds issue guidance on the cleanup plan for abandoned coal mines
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued guidance for nearly $725 million in funding available this fiscal year for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines… Read More
A Kentucky court orders West Virginia’s governor to pay penalty over mine reclamation
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (OVR) — A Kentucky court has found coal companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in default of a 2019 mine reclamation agreement. A judge in Frankfort… Read More