BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A company owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is paying a $925,000 fine to an Alabama health agency, after it shut down a coke plant it said was leaking polluting gases. But increasing attention has focused on the impact of pollution in the predominantly Black neighborhoods that surround Bluestone Coke and other industrial sites. It’s really, really, really, really, really old. And so the plant, they tried to operate it for awhile and everything,” Justice told the TV station.

Source: The Star December 17, 2022 23:36 UTC