Community Groups Ask Judge to Halt Mining and Hold A&G Coal in Contempt for Violating Court-Ordered Mine Clean-Up Deadlines
November 01, 2024
November 01, 2024
BOONE, North Carolina, Nov. 1 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024:
BIG STONE GAP, Va. -- Today, three community groups -- Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club -- filed a motion to hold A&G Coal Company in contempt of court for failure to comply with a prior consent decree.
That January 2023 consent decree between A&G and the community groups, entered by the U.S. District Court for the . . .
BIG STONE GAP, Va. -- Today, three community groups -- Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club -- filed a motion to hold A&G Coal Company in contempt of court for failure to comply with a prior consent decree.
That January 2023 consent decree between A&G and the community groups, entered by the U.S. District Court for the . . .