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12 Jun

Alliance Steering Meeting June 23-24

Events, Just Transition, News, Policy, Take Action

The Alliance Steering Meeting is June 23-24. If you would like to attend registration is open to members of member groups and groups interested in joining the Alliance. Deadline June 19th. Contact info@theallianceforappalachia.org to register.

08 Jun

Webinar: RECLAIM Act Update

Events, Just Transition, News, Policy, Take Action

The Reclaim Act would bring $1 billion dollars to coal-impacted communities struggling with the decline of the industry to clean up old, abandoned mines and could create economic revitalization.

12 May

Alliance Membership Call

Events

Join us for an Alliance-wide membership call coming up on Wednesday, May 23 @ 7:00 PM

Op-Ed on Primacy and Reclamation Act of Tennessee in Times Free Press

Just Transition, Member & Ally Posts, News, Policy

The bill's sponsors and the Tennessee Mining Association would like us to believe that taking over the coal program would cost the state little to no money.

25 Apr

Members featured on Climate Change News

Just Transition, Member & Ally Posts, News

Across the US, mine reclamation – even when approved by state regulators – rarely returns land to pre-mining levels of wilderness or productivity, according to a decade of government reports

Center for Coalfield Justice Featured on the Refinery29

Just Transition, Member & Ally Posts, News

Check out our Executive Director of Center for Coalfield Justice, Veronica Coptis, and their staff attorney, Sarah, in this news clip from Refinery29:

16 Apr

Report on Coal Mine Bonding in Central Appalachia

News, Policy, Publications

13 Apr

June 1-2 Water Justice Summit at Virginia Tech

Events

Photo Credit Christi Root. June 1-2, 2018 Blacksburg, Virginia at Virginia Tech. The Water Justice Summit is a leadership development, networking, and skills-building gathering June 1-2 at Virginia Tech. The keynote panel and art exhibit are open to the general public...

13 Apr

Collins Fork Mine Hearing

Events, News, Take Action

On April 12, 2018, the WV Department of Environmental Protection held an informal conference, or public hearing, on proposed revisions to the Collins Fork Permit in Raleigh County. These revisions would allow Republic Energy, LLC to forgo reclamation efforts and […]

27 Mar

Power to the People

Just Transition, News

Before the month gets away from us we wanted to make sure we shout out the major inspiration and victory that came out of the West Virginia teachers strike. For 9 days, teachers from all 55 counties filled the Capitol […]