It has taken Gov. Jim Justice little time to depict federal regulators as anti-coal miner agents of economic distress, but it has taken Justice’s coal companies much longer to agree to pay fines for failing to keep their miners safe. U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., a Justice opponent in the 2024 Senate race, has criticized the Justice coal companies for their business troubles and failure to provide uninterrupted prescription drug coverage. But Mooney also has drawn scrutiny for treatment of workers: his own congressional staff.
Gov. Jim Justice s business failures and unmet obligations have drawn grievances from banks and foreign companies. But they ve also affected members of some of West Virginia s most vulnerable communities, including company Justice company retirees like Pinkey Mullens enduring company drug coverage interruptions and southern coalfields suffering environmental and property tax revenue losses.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled an informal conference on a permit renewal application from the Gov. Jim Justice-controlled Bluestone Coal Corp. Bluestone seeks to renew the permit spanning parts of Wyoming and McDowell counties with a long string of environmental violations.
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Nearly 300 West Virginia properties owned by Gov. Jim Justice or his businesses, on which they owed almost $400,000 in delinquent taxes, went up for sale in public auctions in