Fix What's Broke: Why Congress Must Support a Just Transition for Miners and Communities | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Fix What's Broke: Why Congress Must Support a Just Transition for Miners and Communities

KFTC members deliver petitions in support of the RECLAIM Act to the office of Sen. Mitch McConnell
Date Published: 
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Source/Author: 
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

This report, published by KFTC in October 2018, outlines actions Congress must take to support a Just Transition for our miners and communities, including strengthening the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, passing the RECLAIM Act to create jobs restoring damaged land and waterways, and protecting miners' pensions.

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Campaign: 
Just Transition
Communities Taking Action
Community Science & Public Health
Energy Democracy
Mountaintop Removal and Strip Mining
Sustainable Energy
Chapter: 
Big Sandy
Cumberland
Harlan County
Perry County
Rowan County
Western Kentucky
Issue Area(s): 
Coal and Water
Economic Justice
New Energy and Transition
Tags: 
Black Lung
Climate Justice
Congress
Empower Kentucky
Federal tax policy
Knott County
Mine Safety
OSM - Office of Surface Mining
Power Plants
RECLAIM Act