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The Interior today announced a $140.75 million investment to create good-paying union jobs by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in West Virginia.

A Bloomberg News/NPR investigation found that large U.S. coal companies used bankruptcy and asset transfers to move old mines to shaky new owners, putting at risk federally mandated land reclamation.

A Bloomberg News/NPR investigation found that large U.S. coal companies used bankruptcy and asset transfers to move old mines to shaky new owners, putting at risk federally mandated land reclamation.

A Bloomberg News/NPR investigation found that large U.S. coal companies used bankruptcy and asset transfers to move old mines to shaky new owners, putting at risk federally mandated land reclamation.

President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will clean up hazardous sites, address environmental injustices.

Interior today announced a $244,904,081 investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Pennsylvania.

PHASE II AND III BOND RELEASE APPLICATION BRONCO UTAH OPERATIONS LLC HIDDEN VALLEY MINE C/015/0007 PERMIT APPROVAL DATE: JANUARY 29, 2022 Bronco Utah Operations LLC, with a mailing address of PO Box 527, Emery, Utah 84522, has filed with the Division of Oil, Gas and Mining an application for Phase II and III Bond Release

Legally, coal producers are required to repair damaged land, but some avoid their responsibilities. Large U.S. coal corporations were discovered to have transferred existing mines to dubious new owners through bankruptcy and asset transfers, in violation of federal regulations requiring land restoration, according to a Bloomberg News/NPR investigation.

Reclamation is a flashpoint for the partisan divide over fossil fuels.

Midwest is the target of more dollars to secure water and revive former energy strongholds.