Cassville News

The battle to stop the expansion of a northern West Virginia surface mine is headed for the state Supreme Court.

A West Virginia judge has overturned a state board ruling that promised to force the state Department of Environmental Protection to conduct tougher permit reviews and enforce tighter water pollution standards for mountaintop removal coal mining.

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While a federal court has rejected Obama administration guidance aimed at reducing mountaintop removal pollution, a new state appeals board decision is demanding tougher permit reviews and tightening water quality limits.