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Failure of State: For Decades, Alabama’s Mining Regulator Has Left Citizens Unprotected

Inside Climate News · By Lee Hedgepeth · last updated
Alabama has long demanded it remain the primary regulator of coal mining within its borders. The result? Unmitigated risks for citizens and statutory benefits for coal companies.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Undermined: Thirteenth in a series about the impacts of longwall mining in Alabama.