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Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $46 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Ohio

An arched brick mine opening is exposed in the Ohio woods

today announced more than $46 million in FY24 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across Ohio.

Call for research proposals to advance reclamation including commercialization of critical minerals from mine waste

A man in a hard hat and bright orange safety jacket surveys an active coal mine site.

As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to address legacy pollution and promote the sustainable and responsible domestic development of critical minerals, OSMRE is making $1.6 million available through its Applied…

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $75 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Illinois

A rusted pipe is exposed against wet gray and black dirt of a tall coal waste pile in the background. Sunny blue sky and fall trees line the far background.

DOI today announced more than $75 million in FY24 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across…

OSMRE Releases Final Environmental Analysis for Spring Creek Mine Federal Mining Plan Proposed Modification

Spring Creek Mine, photo courtesy of Navajo Transitional Energy Company.

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today released the Spring Creek Mine Federal Mining Plan Modification Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $22 Million to Address Legacy Pollution, Revitalize Communities in Virginia

Funds are used for abandoned mine land reclamation projects like this one in Wise County, Virginia, which remediated a dangerous highwall that had been threatening public safety on the adjacent roadways. Photo courtesy of the Virginia Abandoned Mine Land Program.

OSMRE announced more than $22M in FY24 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic…