(December 20, 2021, 1:57 PM EST) -- ROANOKE, Va. — A motion by the U.S. government to compel compliance by coal companies with a five-year-old consent decree was granted Dec. 7 by a federal judge in Virginia, who ordered several defendants to pay millions in past-due penalties within 30 days and to complete additional stabilization work required by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation....