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Despite 500 days in office, Biden has yet to appoint a top official to clean up coal mines
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Environmentalists and representatives from coal mining communities across the...
The Government Vacancy That Could Cost West Virginians Billions
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 months agoStaring down the barrel of a tough reelection fight, the White House still has not selected a...
Congressional Democrats ask for review of environmental threat from ‘zombie’ coal mines
The Hill via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats asked the Government Accountability Office...
Environmental groups say government is not protecting rare KY species from ‘extinction’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFederal and state regulators are not enforcing rules designed to protect a threatened crayfish in...
As coal mines depleted a Navajo Nation aquifer, feds failed to flag losses, report says
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCoal mining depleted areas of a critical aquifer in the Black Mesa region of the Navajo Nation, but a federal agency didn't consider the losses environmentally damaging, researchers concluded ...
Strip mining worsened the severity of deadly Ky. floods, say former mining regulators.
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoTwo former state and federal mining regulators say state and federal authorities should investigate...
Did coal mining play a role in 2022 Kentucky flood deaths? Group wants feds to investigate
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHalf a year after historic floods killed dozens in Eastern Kentucky, Kentuckians For The...
Legacy pollution: What is it and how is Maryland fighting it to protect waterways"
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoMany Mid-Atlantic states, including Maryland, have industries like coal mining in their industrial...
Signal Peak sues BLM for stalling on coal lease, says mine may have to close
Daily Montanan via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoThe only underground coal mining company in Montana is suing the Bureau of Land Management and its...
30 years after a Navajo forest enterprise closed, local leaders want the site cleaned up
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNAVAJO, N.M. — Navajo Forest Products Industries was a booming industry, until it wasn’t. Now what's...