The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups
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OCTOBER 4, 2022
Since the country began regulating abandoned mines in 1977 under the Abandoned Mine Land program, the country spent $5 billion, and about $400 million in the Illinois basin, to repair clogged and polluted streams, recontour steep highwalls, and reforest denuded landscapes. For the last 45 years, the U.S. A regular tug-of-war ensued.
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