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December 3, 2021

Katharine MacGregor

An explosive is detonated at a surface mining operation in the Appalachian Mountains on April 16th, 2012, in Wise County, Virginia.
Environment

A Top DOI Official Had at Least Six Meetings With the Mining Industry. She Then Helped Cancel a Study on the Public-Health Effects of Mining.

Records obtained by Pacific Standard reveal that a top official at the DOI had a hand in nixing a government-funded public-health study in Appalachia—after a series of meetings with some of the most powerful mining players in the country.