Appalachian Voices: Congress Fails to Reauthorize Abandoned Coal Mine Lands Program Before Deadline, Creating New Uncertainty & Threatening Job Creation
October 02, 2021
October 02, 2021
BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 2 (TNSPol) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release:
The authorization of funding for the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) fund officially expired at midnight Thursday. This lapse in funding brings a new level of uncertainty to the AML program, which is responsible for cleaning up dangerous highwalls, open mine portals, and polluted streams left by the coal industry all over the country.
Legislators have known since 2006 that the AML . . .
The authorization of funding for the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) fund officially expired at midnight Thursday. This lapse in funding brings a new level of uncertainty to the AML program, which is responsible for cleaning up dangerous highwalls, open mine portals, and polluted streams left by the coal industry all over the country.
Legislators have known since 2006 that the AML . . .