Take Action to RECLAIM Decades-Old Abandoned Mines

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From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/):

Thousands of abandoned mine sites need to be cleaned up in Appalachia and across the country, work that can create some 13,000 jobs. Bills introduced by Rep. Cartwright to continue funding and accelerate the cleanup would also bring more than $1 billion to communities hard-hit by coal’s decline.

On March 10, Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.) and Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Penn.) introduced the bipartisan RECLAIM Act and a bill to reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Lands Program.

Take action to support these bills: Call 1-888-464-1997 to hear a script and be connected directly with your representative.

The RECLAIM Act could bring more than $1 billion dollars for projects like these to communities hard-hit by the coal economy in the next five years. And the bill to reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Lands Program would reauthorize the fee that coal companies pay into the Abandoned Mine Lands Fund, which is used to clean up safety hazards and damaged land and water from abandoned coal mines.

Learn more at https://appvoices.org/2021/03/05/opportunities-reclaim-aml/.

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