Coal and Water Resources

Fact Sheet about Federal Investments Needed for Climate Justice

Green New Deal Network

The Green New Deal Coalition is calling on Congress to pass a Recovery bill that invests in climate, care, and justice at the scale needed to address multiple overlapping crises. These fact sheets provide details about the benefits of making substantial, bold, transformational investments in public transit, building retrofits, and more.

Sign-on letter to Congress calling for transformation of rural electric cooperatives

Rural Power Coalition

On February 23, 2021, a letter signed by 100 organizations - including KFTC - was sent to members of Congress, urging support for a 7-part platform of policies to transform rural electric cooperatives and the communities they serve. KFTC and Mountain Association are founding members of the Rural Power Coalition, which drafted and circulated the sign-on letter.

Black Lung and Miner Protection bills in 2020 General Assembly

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Posted in: Communities Taking Action, , Just Transition, , Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining, Big Sandy, Communities Taking Action, , Just Transition, , Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining, Cumberland, Communities Taking Action, , Just Transition, , Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining, Harlan County, Communities Taking Action, , Just Transition, , Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining, Perry County, Communities Taking Action, , Just Transition, , Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining, Western Kentucky

Fixing What's Broke, Updated 2019

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

This is a slightly updated version, released in July 2019, of a report KFTC first published in 2018 about a trio of legislative proposals Congress needs to pass to do right by our miners and communities: The Reclaim Act, a bill to strengthen funding for the black lung disability trust fund, and a bill to protect miners' pensions.

Community Health Impacts of Mountaintop Mining

Nina McCoy

Posted in: Communities Taking Action, , Community Science & Public Health, , Just Transition, , Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining, Big Sandy

This statement was written by KFTC member Nina McCoy about the community health impacts of large-scale stripmining that remain long after active mining is over.

Testimony on living near MTR by Jeff and Sharman Chapman Crane

Jeff and Sharman Chapman-Crane

This statement was written by KFTC members Jeff and Sharman Chapman-Crane about a day in their life in the shadows of massive strip-mining in eastern Kentucky.

Harlan County Resolution in support of Black Lung, RECLAIM Act and Miners Pensions 2018

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Posted in: Just Transition, Harlan County

In December 2018, the Harlan County Fiscal Court passed a local resolution calling on Sen. McConnell and all members of Congress to support and pass three measures needed to do right by our miners and communities. The resolution urges passage of the RECLAIM Act, stronger funding for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, and shoring up the federal fund that gurantees miners' pensions.

Letcher County Local Resolution on Black Lung & RECLAIM Act, 2018

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

In the fall of 2018, the Letcher County Fiscal Court was among nearly a dozen local governments to pass a resolution urging Congress to pass the RECLAIM Act, strengthen the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, and protect miners' pensions.

Rowan County Local Resolution on Black Lung and RECLAIM 2018

Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Rowan County was among nearly a dozen local governments to pass this local resolution in the fall of 2018, calling on members of Congress to strengthen the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, pass the RECLAIM Act, and protect miners' pensions.

Many Voices, Many Solutions: Innovative Mine Reclamation in Central Appalachia

Downstream Strategies, Appalachian Voices, Appalachian Citizens Law Center, Coalfield Development Corporation, and Rural Action

This report was released in November 2018 by Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, Appalachian Voices, Coalfield Development Corporation, Rural Action, and Downstream Strategies. It describes a range of projects supported by a federal pilot project that invests in reclaiming old mine sites and supporting innovative development projects in affected communities.

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