House Eyes Bipartisan 'Good Samaritan' Bill For Coal Mine Cleanups

Even as lawmakers remain strongly divided on environmental policy, members of a House Natural Resources subcommittee plan to pursue bipartisan legislation that would pave the way for so-called Good Samaritan entities to fund cleanups at abandoned coal mines in part by limiting environmental liability risks that currently deter such efforts. The Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee held a hearing May 24 on a discussion draft bill developed by Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) that would amend the Surface Mining Control...