FARMINGTON — The Navajo Nation and New Mexico are eligible for federal funds this year to clean up land and water damaged by abandoned coal mines.
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced this week that nearly $725 million is available to 22 states and the tribe as part of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that was approved by Congress and President Joe Biden last year.
The infrastructure law allocates a total of $11.3 billion over 15 years to address pollution caused by past coal mi...