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Drowning deaths last summer from flooding in Eastern Kentucky’s coal country linked to poor strip-mine reclamation

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Biden’s been in office for more than 500 days. He still hasn’t appointed a top official to oversee coal mine reclamation

Environmentalists and community representatives from coal country say leadership is desperately needed as coal companies fail to meet their legal obligations for reclaiming strip-mined tracts.

Western states face huge cleanup liabilities from coal mining, new report finds
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Western states face huge cleanup liabilities from coal mining, new report finds

Wyoming has about 83,000 acres of land still unreclaimed by coal companies — by far the most acreage among its Western peers.

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