Since 1978, U.S. coal operators have paid more than $7 billion in production
taxes meant to fund the cleanup of mine sites that were abandoned before the
nation implemented strict reclamation rules. But today, more than $3 billion
of mine sites that threaten public safety remain unreclaimed. The federal
Abandoned Mine Land program has not met its goals in large part because
regulators diverted more than $1.3 billion in AML money to other projects.
December 14, 2006
State expected to receive double current funding
Lawmakers in Washington have quietly extended for 14 years a coal industry tax that funds the cleanu ...
July 27, 2005
Bill stalls as Wyoming, Eastern states disagree
WASHINGTON — Negotiations broke down between Wyoming Rep. Barbara Cubin and members from Eastern sta ...
July 20, 2005
A Wyoming lawmaker has called a high-level meeting to try to come up with a deal that would extend t ...
June 10, 2005
Byrd seeks another mine cleanup extension; Pa. senator blasts plan by Rahall, Wyo. senator
A Pennsylvania congressman turned up the rhetorical heat Thursday in the debate over extending the f ...
May 4, 2005
The national conservation group Trout Unlimited on Tuesday urged Congress to approve a long-term ext ...
April 15, 2005
Rep. Nick J. Rahall has reintroduced his version of a bill to extend and reform the nation’s program ...
April 7, 2005
With time again running down, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd on Wednesday moved to temporarily rescue the ...
February 8, 2005
By the end of the year, the fund that cleans up the nation’s abandoned coal mines is expected to hav ...
November 23, 2004
The federal program to clean up abandoned coal mines will continue through at least June 2005, under ...
October 1, 2004
The federal program to clean up abandoned coal mines will live on through at least November, because ...
September 30, 2004
A coal industry tax that funds abandoned mine cleanups will likely be extended, at least for another ...
September 20, 2004
In 11 days, the federal coal tax that funds the cleanup of abandoned mines is set to expire.
September 17, 2004
The Bush administration on Thursday proposed to continue — but cut by 75 percent — the coal tax that ...
September 15, 2004
Byrd effort would keep per-ton program alive for 9 months
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., took the first step Tuesday to stave off the end of the federal progra ...
September 3, 2004
Steve Hohmann
Ken Ward’s series on the Abandoned Mine Reclamation program could not have come at a more critical j ...
August 31, 2004
Coal industry tax must be renewed, U.S. Interior official warns
U.S. Interior Department officials on Monday warned Congress that “millions of acres” of abandoned m ...
August 30, 2004
Stephanie Timmermeyer
Abandoned mine lands and the hazards they pose to West Virginians are one of the most pressing envir ...
August 24, 2004
Worst needs not served
WHERE to start? A 27-year-old federal program intended to repair deadly and dangerous problems left ...
August 22, 2004
In 1986, experts from the National Academy of Sciences conducted a broad review of the federal progr ...
August 17, 2004
Last in a series
When Interior Secretary Gale Norton wanted to promote the Bush administration’s new plan to rework t ...
August 16, 2004
Second in a series
In the fall of 1999, University of Wyoming students and faculty moved into a new, $20 million geolog ...
August 15, 2004
$1.3 billion in coal industry taxes - meant to reclaim abandoned mines that threaten public health and safety - have been diverted to other projects.
For years, water seeped out of an old, underground coal-mine portal along Speed Branch in Raleigh Co ...
August 15, 2004
States owed $1 billion for mine cleanups
WILKINSON - As he drives along W.Va. 44 in Logan County, abandoned mine inspector Mike Richardso ...
August 15, 2004
Here is a list of Web sites related to the abandoned mine issue.
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