Tag: Mountaintop Removal

Possible link between flood risk, Abandoned Mine Land brings urgency to reclamation efforts

BY NADIA RAMLAGAN KENTUCKY NEWS CONNECTION The impact of abandoned mine land on flood risk is receiving new scrutiny after devastating floods in the eastern part of the state left 40 people dead. Mary Cromer, deputy director of the Appalachian Citizens Law Center in Whitesburg, said while research is ongoing and no definitive link has…
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Abandoned Mine Lands, Flooding, Mary Cromer, Mountaintop Removal, Nadia Ramlagan

September 29, 2022