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Appalachia Could Address Poverty and Build Worker Power by Reforesting Mine-scarred Land

Appalachia Could Address Poverty and Build Worker Power by Reforesting Mine-scarred Land

by Eric Dixon | Jun 7, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy

This post is the second in a four-part series based on a recent ORVI report on abandoned mine land (AML) issues. Figures cited below can be found in the accompanying report. Abandoned coal mines have damaged thousands of acres of land, polluted hundreds of miles of...
Repairing the Damage: Cleaning Up the Land, Air, and Water Damaged by the Coal Industry Before 1977

Repairing the Damage: Cleaning Up the Land, Air, and Water Damaged by the Coal Industry Before 1977

by Eric Dixon | Apr 14, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Repairing the Damage, Reports, Shared Prosperity and Clean Energy

Download report Download summary   For more than 200 years, the coal industry extracted billions of tons of coal in the US, damaging thousands of acres of land and water and leaving much of it unreclaimed. In this report, I demonstrate why it is critical to...
The true cost of cleaning up historic damage from the coal industry

The true cost of cleaning up historic damage from the coal industry

by Eric Dixon | Mar 18, 2021 | Abandoned Mine Lands, Blog Posts, Repairing the Damage

This afternoon, Congress will hold a hearing on a slew of bills that seek to clean up land and water damaged by the coal industry before it was regulated in 1977. The hearing rightly highlights the urgency of reauthorizing fees on coal production that fund cleanup,...
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