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LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER: Will Blackjewel leave Eastern Kentuckians to clean up its abandoned coal mines?

January 14, 2021 Bankruptcy, Just Transition

Deputy Director and Environmental Attorney Mary Cromer was interviewed for this piece.

“Citizen groups, led by Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center attorney Mary Cromer, also raised concerns in a court document filed Dec. 10, saying that without proper reclamation, ‘environmental violations will continue to accrue and the likelihood of some type of catastrophic environmental failure, like a landslide, increases.’”

Read more here.

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