West is unprepared for industry's 'twilight years' — report

摘要

As the coal industry rides off into the sunset, conservationists say the West is not ready to clean up at least234 square miles of mined land.The Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) released a report yesterday urging federal andstate regulators to proactively approach coal's "twilight years.""Agencies must ensure the public is not stuck with paying for cleanup by forcing today's coal companies toreclaim every acre possible as soon as possible," WORC board member Bob LeResche said.