United States: Patriot Coal concedes to activists, abandons mountaintop removal and strip mining

West Virginia Gazette Mail: Patriot Coal has agreed to phase out mountaintop removal and other forms of strip mining, in a move Patriot officials say is in the best interests of their company, its employees and the communities where it operates. In a deal with citizen groups and environmentalists, Patriot said it would never seek new permits for large-scale surface mining operations, according to details of the settlement that were made public in federal court Thursday afternoon. St. Louis-based Patriot can continue some......

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