Appalachian Voices: Community Advocates Celebrate Senate Passage of Historic Bill on Reclaiming Coal Lands
August 11, 2021
August 11, 2021
BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 11 (TNSPol) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021:
Following the U.S. Senate's passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, advocates from coal communities across the country celebrated the legislation's historic investments in creating jobs by cleaning up abandoned coal mines. The $11.3 billion in Abandoned Mine Land (AML) funding would be a massive increase compared to the current annual distributio . . .
Following the U.S. Senate's passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, advocates from coal communities across the country celebrated the legislation's historic investments in creating jobs by cleaning up abandoned coal mines. The $11.3 billion in Abandoned Mine Land (AML) funding would be a massive increase compared to the current annual distributio . . .