WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2016. The Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, announced a $6 million stream restoration and reforestation settlement today with the Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund (VCLF). The settlement will support pilot restoration projects — administered by Appalachian Headwaters — in West Virginia to address the legacy of decades of destructive mountaintop removal coal mining. Today’s announcement came about after VCLF purchased coal mines from Patriot Coal…
