West Virginia and Ohio to Receive Millions of Dollars for Abandoned Mine Projects

Nearly $5M awarded for cleanup of contaminated industrial sites

The Lucas County Land Bank will clean up four industrial sites with nearly $5 million in funding from state grants, hoping to give them new life. ...

Cuyahoga riverfront clean-up among Cuyahoga County’s $18M in state brownfield grants

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County has secured nearly $18 million in state funding for major cleanup and remediation projects, including money for the Cleveland Metroparks’ plan to create more public greenspace in the Flats.

West Virginia and Ohio to receive millions of dollars for abandoned mine projects

WASHINGTON (WTRF) - The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday the availability of $130 million in funding for fiscal year 2025 through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program. The initiative is designed to convert former coal mining sites into engines of economic growth, particularly in communities historically linked to the coal industry. According to the department, this year’s funding will support projects…

Governor DeWine Announces Nearly $60 Million  in Brownfield Remediation Grants

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik today announced nearly $60 million in state support to help clean up and redevelop 51 hazardous brownfield sites in 27 counties. The Department of Development is awarding the funding as part of the Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program. Today’s announcement includes approximately $57.7 million for 43 cleanup/remediation p…

Development announces $6 million in grants to support innovation in coal technologies | The Highland County Press

PHNX Materials (Franklin, Adams counties) will receive $1,976,635 to use new technology to extract valuable materials from coal combustion byproducts.

Downtown steam plant to be razed, redeveloped – NEOtrans

Eight redevelopment project sites won a total of nearly $18 million from the Ohio Department of Development's Brownfield Program so the sites can be cleaned up and, in some cases, their existing structures are to be demolished. One of those where demolition is planned is the former Cleveland Thermal steam plant, 2274 Canal Rd., in Downtown Cleveland.