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coal mine reclamation backlog
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Lawmakers want answers on damage and costs linked to idled ‘zombie’ coal mines

Sen. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat, joins a call for a national GAO investigation into a problem that could fall to taxpayers to solve.

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Appalachia’s quiet time bombs
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Appalachia’s quiet time bombs

The deadly floods that swept a pocket of eastern Kentucky challenge common preconceptions about climate villains and victims.
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proposed strip mine Okefenokee Swamp
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Margaret Renkl: The fate of the Okefenokee Swamp is in your hands

It’s not too much to say that to endanger it would be to endanger the whole world.
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surface mining's & Kentucky floods
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KFTC seeks investigation of surface mining's role in deadly Kentucky floods

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth asks the federal government to investigate how surface coal mining in Eastern Kentucky exacerbated deadly flooding.
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Southern Philippine coal project moves ahead
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Southern Philippine coal project moves ahead despite community opposition

Heavy machinery has begun operating at a coal mining site on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

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Biden promised to focus on ‘environmental justice.’ So far, that doesn’t include finishing key review of mountaintop removal health impacts
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Biden promised to focus on ‘environmental justice.’ So far, that doesn’t include finishing key review of mountaintop removal health impacts

Former President Trump disbanded a study looking into the effects of living near strip mines. The effort hasn’t been revived in the Biden Administration.

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Strip mining worsened the severity of deadly Kentucky floods, say former mining regulators. They are calling for an investigation

Two former state and federal mining regulators say state and federal authorities should investigate the role strip mining played in last week’s devastating and deadly flooding in eastern Kentucky and the condition of the mines after the torrential rainfall.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Truck being loaded with coal

Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Bogotá faces water rationing

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Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

CLIMATE
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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

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Cyclone devastates Mayotte