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Advertisement As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to helping stabilise communities hit hardest by the decrease in demand for coal energy, the Department of the Interior has announced the availability of more than US$260 million for states and Tribes to support reclamation efforts in fiscal year 2021. More than US$152.22 million is now available through the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act’s (SMCRA) Abandoned Mine Land (AML) grant programme. The department is also disbursing US$115 million through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grant p...

creativecommons.org West Virginia will receive $43.9 million this year through various Abandoned Mine Land programs. The federal monies are funded in part from a fee on current coal production, and are intended to clean up mining activity and help with economic development projects. The funds are part of two ongoing federal programs. The state will receive $18.9 million as part of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act’s (SMCRA) Abandoned Mine Land (AML) grant program, and $25 million through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grant program. The support comes to...

Blackjewel’s Bankruptcy Filing Is a Harbinger of Trouble Ahead for the Plummeting Coal Industry The company wants to walk away from almost 200 mining permits in four states, potentially leaving thousands of acres of environmentally damaged land. March 3, 2021 Unemployed Blackjewel coal miner David Pratt holds his daughter Willow as he walks across railroad tracks that lead to one of the company's mines near Cumberland, Kentucky in 2019. Blackjewel miners found themselves unemployed when the company declared bankruptcy and the workers' final paychecks bounced, leading them to blockade the tr...

Interior Department promises $260M for coal communities By (0) Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., is shown speaking during her Senate confirmation hearing on February 23. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said he will support her nomination. Photo by Jim Watson/UPI | License Photo March 1 (UPI) -- The Biden administration announced Monday more than $260 million available to assist communities struggling with the decreased demand for coal. The Interior Department said more than $152.22 million is now available through the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act's Abandoned Mine Land grant program. The dep...

Family of West Virginia Gov to Pay $270K in Suit Over Mine Discharges February 26, 2021 A coal company controlled by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice must pay $270,000 to a nonprofit land protection group and comply with selenium discharge limits under a settlement approved by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge David Faber approved the settlement Wednesday, two months after environmental groups filed the proposed agreement with Bluestone Coal Corp., the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. Last year Faber found the company liable for selenium dis...