MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Environmental activists say three reclaimed mountaintop removal mining sites are still polluting West Virginia waterways, and they’re suing the current landowners in a novel attempt to stop it.
The lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Huntington say state and federal regulators are doing nothing to end water pollution from old surface mines after they’ve been cleaned up, graded and replanted with vegetation, so the landowners must be held accountable.
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