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The infrastructure law brings mine reclamation, clean water and broadband to Appalachia
By: Curtis Tate | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The bipartisan infrastructure bill that became law last month has billions of dollars in it for roads, bridges, airports and transit systems in the Ohio Valley. The law also addresses some of the region’s other pressing needs. The $1 trillion infrastructure law has the potential to deliver big improvements to Appalachia. It will help reclaim… 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 on Tuesday ordered Justice to pay a nearly $3 million penalty, plus interest, over mine reclamation work at three sites in eastern Kentucky that was… Read More
Power Plant: How A Grass Might Generate Fuel And Help Fix Damaged Mine Lands
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Down bumpy back roads deep in central West Virginia, a flat, bright green pasture opens up among the rolling hills of coffee-colored trees. Wildflowers and butterflies dot the pasture, but West Virginia University Professor Jeff Skousen is here for something else that stands above the rest of the Appalachian scenery – literally. Thick stalks of… Read More