US Coal Hasn’t Set Aside Enough Money to Clean up its Mines

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By GuestMar 16, 2018, 2:55 pm350 pts
By Mark Olalde, Climate Home News As the US coal industry winds down, does it have enough money set aside to clean up the vast pits, walls and broken mountains left behind? A Climate Home News investigation has found the answer is no. Particularly in Appalachia, the land, water and health of mining…

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