Federal regulators poised to crack down on coal mine operated by Jim Justice’s family

Written By Dana Kuhnline

From Appalachian Voices: On Dec. 10, 2024, the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sent a damning letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection over the state’s failure to rein in operations on a wildly non-compliant coal strip mine in Wyoming County, West Virginia. 

Dana Kuhnline
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