Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation

Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Feb. 13, 2025

GreenPower South Charleston Bus Factory Funds Stuck In Freeze

GreenPower Motor has received millions of dollars in grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to build electric buses for school districts nationwide, including some in West Virginia.

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Economy Curtis Tate, Jun. 05, 2024

State To Receive $140 Million From Interior For Abandoned Mines

The U.S. Department of the Interior is making $140 million in AML funds available to West Virginia, the most of any state but Pennsylvania.

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Energy & Environment Jack Walker, Feb. 09, 2024

W.Va. Receives $30 Million To Revitalize Coal Communities

This year, nearly $30 million in federal funding will go toward projects that revitalize West Virginia's coalfield communities and repurpose abandoned mine lands across the state.

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Energy & Environment Eric Douglas, May. 03, 2023

6 Abandoned Mine Lands Sites Tapped For Development

West Virginia has hundreds of abandoned mine lands sites many decades old. A report from the Ohio River Institute says that ...

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Energy & Environment Curtis Tate, Feb. 08, 2022

State To Receive $140 Million In Federal Funds For Mine Cleanup

The funding will help eliminate a backlog of tens of thousands of mines abandoned before 1977.

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Energy & Environment Eric Douglas, Sep. 17, 2021

Coal Production Drop Off Leaves Behind Unreclaimed Mine Lands

Coal has been “king” for most of the last century in West Virginia and central Appalachia, but in recent years, global market forces, governmental regulations and alternative energy sources like natural gas have reduced its dominance.

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