“Overwhelming Scientific Evidence” That Alex Energy and Elk Run Coal Mines Failed Clean Water Act Protections
Huntington, WV—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2014. Yesterday, in a landmark decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia found that conductivity pollution from mountaintop removal mines owned by Alex Energy and Elk Run Coal Company violate key clean water protections. This is the first ever federal court decision to find that high conductivity discharges from coal mines…
