Rep. Yarmuth Again Moves to Halt Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits Until Health Effects Studied
March 20, 2021
March 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release:
Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) reintroduced H.R. 2073, the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, legislation to halt all new mountaintop removal coal mining permits until federal officials can examine the practice's health effects on surrounding communities. Yarmuth's legislation would task the Department of Health and Human Services with conducting the first-ever com . . .
Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) reintroduced H.R. 2073, the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, legislation to halt all new mountaintop removal coal mining permits until federal officials can examine the practice's health effects on surrounding communities. Yarmuth's legislation would task the Department of Health and Human Services with conducting the first-ever com . . .