Backroom Deal with Coal Company Forsakes Clean Water

EcoWatch: A coalition of citizens' groups hoping to protect Kentucky's waters filed objections today to a proposed settlement between Kentucky's Energy and Environment Cabinet and one of the state's largest coal mining companies, Frasure Creek Mining. The agreement purports to resolve hundreds of water pollution violations from 2011 and 2012 at all of Frasure Creek's mines across eastern Kentucky, but the groups say that the agreement will not fix the pollution problems. "We are full parties to this enforcement...

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