The Justice Department filed a civil action against James Justice III, the son of the sitting governor of West Virginia, and 13 coal companies he owns or operates for unpaid civil penalties levied by the Interior Department.
Justice and his companies have engaged in more than 130 federal violations from 2018 to 2022, leading to threats to the environment and the public, US Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh for the Western District of Virginia said in a statement Wednesday.
After having been given notice, the defendants didn’t fix the violations and were told more than 50 times to ...
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