Tell Our Senators to Pass the STREAM Act

From ReImagine Appalachia (https://reimagineappalachia.org/):

The STREAM Act is a popular, bipartisan bill to clean up toxic water pollution from abandoned mines. It sailed through the U.S. House this summer, but the U.S. Senate is running out of time to act!

Go to https://secure.everyaction.com/fdS2cIoehUGj9ki33uyxrw2 to tell our senators – Pass the STREAM Act!

You’ve probably seen acid mine drainage – it turns waterways rust-orange with dangerous pollution, and threatens the health of people and wildlife. Remediation of this pollution requires long-term water treatment facilities, and in turn, long-term funding.

Congress recently allocated billions of dollars to address abandoned coal mine pollution including acid mine drainage as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law. But unfortunately, the new law does not allow states to set money aside for long-term acid mine drainage treatment facilities.

Let’s make sure states have the freedom to spend this money on long-term treatment of acid mine drainage.

Tell our senators to pass the STREAM Act.