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Australia mine rehabilitation plan to be assessed amid environmental concerns
The federal government will investigate the potential environmental effects of rehabilitating the Hazelwood mine in Victoria's east amid concern it could contaminate waterways.
Mine cleanup law weakened by coal's decline
Reclamation is a flashpoint for the partisan divide over fossil fuels.
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Marmora’s mine pit offers renewable energy and new life in eastern Ontario
Long an open crater, the former Marmoraton mine may become a hydroelectric battery surrounded by a re-wilded outdoor recreation site.
Mine reclamation, clean water and broadband: What the infrastructure law brings to Appalachia
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.
West Virginia governor in trouble again for his coal mines in Kentucky
There's only one silver lining in billionaire Jim Justice's coal business in Kentucky: jobs for the people who will clean it up.
Kentucky court orders Justice to pay penalty over mine reclamation
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 not completed before deadline.
Report: Appalachian states face billions in mining cleanup
The cleanup and reclaiming of coal mines in seven Appalachian states will cost billions, and Kentucky and West Virginia have the largest bills coming due, according to an environmental group's new report.
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