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A week of action to stop zombie coal mines

Updated: Jun 27

This week, Appalachian Voices and 12 partner organizations are on Capitol Hill with The Alliance for Appalachia to tell Congress to protect our communities by making coal companies clean up their functionally abandoned coal mines, known as zombie mines.

Read the full article on Appalachian Voices' Front Porch Blog.

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A week of action to stop zombie coal mines

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