DOI unveils $725M in grants to address abandoned mine land cleanup

The Department of the Interior announced nearly $725 million in fiscal year 2025 funding to clean up abandoned coal mines. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), in 2021, appropriated nearly $11.3 billion for the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, which is administered to states by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). Of […]