The situation has gotten so bad that West Virginia regulators took the extreme step of suspending Lexington's Crescent permit in early September. And the federal judge overseeing a lawsuit accusing Lexington of polluting streams and rivers at two other minesand imposed a $1,500 per day fine.
warned that the cost of abandoned mine permits could exceed the reclamation fund by hundreds of millions of dollars, eventually threatening to stick taxpayers with the losses.that it believes environmental stewardship is integral to coal mining and that it strives for full compliance with environmental regulations."The majority of LCC's [Lexington Coal Company's] active work company wide is reclamation," it said.
Selenium is just one of the threats to Appalachia, home to one of the oldest and most biodiverse mountainous ecosystems on Earth. Some streams near mining areas are laced with sulfuric acid, salts and metals such as aluminum and iron, which turn the water orange.
….Says NPR a left leaning global warming agenda news outlet
The dangerous pattern we are missing. How conservatives avoid the future and screw us all in the process. The very same behavior mirrored in their constituents which enables them to avoid accountability. A blind faith in god to explain the present and take care of the future. EQ
'Ahhhh, just use that picture of Joe's uncle in his garage. Our readers won't care.'
Its like this might have been avoided with more nuclear
You’re covering this when the Paul Pelosi lovers’ quarrel story is blowing up?
Corporate America just keeps getting better at shifting and shirking it’s responsibilities. Just look at companies like DuPont and J&J if you’re looking for a good blueprint.
Propaganda from NPR! We need coal!
Talk about regulatory capture. This is nothing short of conspiracy to evade the responsibility of cleaning up their mines.
Have to you reported on the diesel shortage? Our country will stop in a couple weeks without diesel
They may reopen again due to our own shortages as super green country Germany has done.