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Congressional office agrees to investigate 'zombie' coal mines
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Congressional office agrees to investigate 'zombie' coal mines

Kentucky citizens’ law group finds 40 percent of state’s active coal strip mines are “functionally abandoned.”
American chestnut coal mine remediation
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At old coal mines, the American chestnut tries for a comeback

Across Appalachia, scientists and foresters are trying to reintroduce a hybrid version, helping to revive damaged land while also bringing back a beloved tree.
Alberta abandoned coal mines
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Who will clean it up?

Today, the financial futures of many coal companies involved in exploration work in southern Alberta is unclear. Who will clean up the work they've already done?
Trout Unlimited maintaining fish habitat

Trout Unlimited group keeps fish habitat going for 36 years

Every week for almost 36 years, a group of mostly older adults with a Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited chapter have performed an unheralded but vital task: keeping Stony Creek, the state’s first designated scenic river, livable for fish.

toxic waters in war-torn Ukraine

Toxic waters in war-torn Ukraine: How not to phase out coal

Around the world, coal-producing countries are struggling for a "just transition" away from fossil fuels. But for Donbas in war-torn Ukraine, shuttered mines threaten ecological disaster.
Tennessee retakes coal mining
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State to retake coal mining regulation with industry at rock bottom

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will take back regulation and permitting of coal mining from the federal government.
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Swift action to cut methane emissions could slow the Earth’s warming by 30 percent, study finds

Swift action to cut methane emissions could slow the Earth’s warming by 30 percent, study finds

Such reductions could have a crucial impact in the global effort to limit warming below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) compared to preindustrial levels — a central aim of the Paris climate accord.
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