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Posted inPolitics

Senate panel OKs Hackworth’s waste coal bill

by Markus Schmidt February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

Proposal would instruct state to identify gob piles around Southwest Virginia.

Posted inOpinion

An opportunity in coal country

by Dwayne Yancey January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

A new study lays out options for how to clean up the waste coal that contaminates the region. One could be a jobs generator.

Posted inEconomy

What to do with gob?

by Sarah Wade November 9, 2021November 8, 2021

Southwest Virginia has a coal waste problem, and the solutions are muddy at best.

Posted inOpinion

A real solution to coal waste reclamation & repurposing

by Frank Kilgore October 17, 2021January 5, 2023

Here’s how Southwest Virginia can rid itself of waste coal that’s polluting streams.

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