RECLAIM Act
Kentuckians tell McConnell time is up, pass RECLAIM now
Senator Mitch McConnell is in a position to direct more than $100 million to economic and community development projects in communities hardest hit by the decline in coal mining.
Kentuckians held an action outside his Lexington office today asking him to waste no more time in doing that.
“The time is now to pass the RECLAIM Act,” said Lyndsay Tarus, the Economic Transition Coordinator for the Alliance for Appalachia. “This is a jobs bill. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has estimated that 4,600 jobs could be generated through the RECLAIM Act across the country.
Kentuckians call on Sen. Mitch McConnell to help coalfield communities
Proposed offset would help miners with black lung
KFTC members travel to D.C. to lobby for the RECLAIM Act
This October, KFTC members Sarah Bowling, Larry Miller and Hattie Miller spent time in Washington, D.C. lobbying their congresspeople to pass the 2017 RECLAIM Act.
Larry is a retired coal miner from western Kentucky. “I worked underground for 23 years and very proud of that work,” he said.
“I believe, however, that coal will never again be Kentucky's primary economic engine. I am concerned that investments in mining operations here will eventually end. I take no pleasure in saying that, because I made a good living in coal for a long time, but it just looks like a reality to me.
RECLAIM Act Petition
This is a printable version of the RECLAIM Act petition. The page can be printed front and back, or front only.
Support a Just Transition for Coal Communities
The RECLAIM Act would help communities struggling with the decline of the coal industry to make a just transition by disbursing $1 billion over five years from the federal Abandoned Mine Lands fund.
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