Coal, environmental groups urge return of Ohio mine cleanup funds

Energy News Network: Ohio environmental groups and the coal industry find themselves on the same side of a political fight over a fund meant to pay for the cleanup of abandoned coal mines.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s administration quietly drained $5 million last summer from Ohio’s Reclamation Forfeiture Fund, a pool of money paid into by coal mining taxes and fees to cover reclamation costs, the Energy News Network reported in May.

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