The 2014 Elk River chemical leak showed West Virginians they d have to fight hard for basic environmental health protections. 10 years after the water crisis, advocacy continues.
The DEP has issued Milton, West Virginia-based Lexington Coal 48 notices of violation and nine cessation orders since the beginning of 2021 for environmental failures at Lexington s Crescent #2 Surface Mine.
A prominent regional coal company owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in environmental fines and is in contempt of two federal court orders requiring it to clean up pollution at
The state’s program for reclaiming abandoned coal mines has long been plagued with problems, but state and federal officials have done little to prepare for this reckoning.
The state’s program for reclaiming abandoned coal mines has long been plagued with problems, but state and federal officials have done little to prepare for this reckoning.